Call for abstracts "Sustainability and circularity strategies of End of-Life management of energy systems: Photovoltaic and Wind"
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The EERA Joint Programmes e3s, PV and Wind jointly organize the workshop “Sustainability and circularity strategies of End of-Life management of energy systems: Photovoltaic and Wind” on 18 November 2026 in Madrid, hosted by CIEMAT. A call for abstracts is open.
BACKGROUND
The accelerated deployment of photovoltaic and wind energy technologies across Europe is expected to result in growing volumes of End-of-Life equipment in the coming decades, creating significant challenges for their sustainable management. These technologies contain substantial quantities of valuable materials, including critical raw materials, electronic components, rare earth magnets, aluminium, copper, silicon, silver and composite materials, many of which are essential for the energy transition. However, the recovery and reintegration of these resources into new value chains remain constrained by a range of technical, economic and regulatory challenges faced by the European recycling sector. In response, recent European policy initiatives, such as the Critical Raw Materials Act, have identified renewable energy infrastructure, electronic equipment and associated waste streams as strategic priorities for advancing circularity, resource security and industrial resilience.
SCOPES
Electronics and critical and strategical raw materials in PV and wind technologies:
Materials in future PV and wind technologies
Electronics as an emerging urban mine
Digital Product Passport and traceability
Challenges for the European Recycling Industry:
Current status
Industrial perspective from recyclers
Sustainability performance of recycling pathways
Eco-design for circular PV and wind technologies:
Design for disassembly in PV and wind technologies
Design for recycling in PV and wind technologies
Sustainability indicators for eco-design decisions
TIMELINE
13 September 2026 - Abstract* submission deadline
25 September 2026 – Abstract acceptance notification & registrations opening
2 October 2026 – Deadline for confirmation of acceptance
