Apr 12 2010
According to the CEO of BioSolar, Inc. Dr. David Lee, the recent 2010 Solar Company Scorecard published by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) during the month of March emphasizes the necessity for utilizing more environment friendly methods of producing solar modules.
Dr. David Lee is a renowned developer of an advanced technology for the production of bio-based solar panels from renewable plant sources that decrease photovoltaic production costs.
About the new survey on the currently used solar products, Dr. Lee has expressed his concern about the failure of the industry in manufacturing green solar energy products that allow easy disposal, at a pace equivalent to that at which solar energy is being generated. He added how the current solar panels manufacturing industry remains dependent on utilizing petroleum-based products containing a large amount of toxic components. He insisted on the need to check the lifecycle of products used in the manufacturing of PV panels including the possibility of recycling and the methods of disposal.
Dr. Lee further explained in detail about the extensive use of polyvinyl fluoride backsheets in the solar modules of today. He elaborated about dimethylacetamide, a dangerous chemical solvent used for casting the backsheets and how it releases hydrogen fluoride, another risky chemical when overheated. He detailed the difficulty related to disposal posed by such toxic components that are hard to recycle.
Dr. Lee also detailed how the new, patented bio-based backsheets from BioSolar are petroleum-free and non-toxic and match or surpass the performance of existing solar cells and how they can be easily biodegraded in landfills or recycled. This BioSolar product is cost effective and set to replace the existing petroleum-based plastic type solar components used in solar panels as their low-cost alternative.
Source: http://www.biosolar.com