Courtesy of REC Group.
REC Solar Norway produces high purity silicon for use in solar cells, using a unique metallurgical purification method that REC Group claims consumes upwards of 75 percent less energy than typically competing processes, e.g., the Siemens process as used by the majority of the industry players, mainly in China.
REC Solar Norway has an annual production capacity of more than 8,000 Mt, corresponding to an annual solar panel production of about 2.5 GWp. Installed in Norway, these panels would produce around 2 TWh per year, enough to power all households in Bergen. Installed in a Mediterranean country like Spain, the panels would deliver in excess of 3 TWh annually over an expected lifetime of more than 30 years.
Comments According to the NWPCA, U.S. wooden pallets are the first product ever to be awarded an EPD in the distribution package space.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The environmental attributes of U.S. wooden pallets are embodied in a new Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), according to the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPRCA).
The EPD was produced by the NWPCA with funding from the Pallet Foundation in conjunction with the Forest Products Lab, the research arm of the U.S. Forest Service. The EPD was also vetted and certified by UL.
According to the NWPCA, U.S. wooden pallets are the first product ever to be awarded an EPD in the distribution package space. The declaration covers the quantitative impact that wooden pallets have on the environment beyond their reusable, recyclable and biodegradable qualities.