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In 2025–2026, China's wind and solar power equipment enters a wave of large-scale retirement. By the end of 2025, China had decommissioned a cumulative 3.15 GW of wind capacity — more than 2,900 turbines — generating roughly 53,600 tonnes of waste blades, while cumulative retired PV modules reached 10 GW, or about 700,000 tonnes. By the end of 2030, cumulative retired wind capacity is expected to reach 45 GW, generating about 765,000 tonnes of waste blades, and cumulative retired PV modules are projected to hit 30 GW, or roughly 2.16 million tonnes. Wind and solar equipment recycling has become a defining issue for the sustainable development of the new energy industry. This conference focuses on the efficient recycling and valorization of wind turbine blades and PV modules, exploring frontier technologies — mechanical shredding, pyrolysis, and chemical recycling — as well as full value-chain topics such as retired equipment assessment, echelon use, and high-value applications of recycled materials.

Agenda

09:30-9:40 Wind & Solar Equipment Recycling: A Must-Answer Question for the Sustainable Development of the New Energy Industry
*Speaker: the China Wind and Solar Equipment Recycling Committee (CWSER) , the China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA)

9:40-10:00 Retirement Forecasts for Wind & Solar Equipment Under the 15th Five-Year Plan and the Policy Outlook for Recycling
*Speaker: To be announced

10:00-10:20 International Experience and Policy Recommendations for a Circular Economy in Solar PV Module Recycling
Focusing on national top-level design, this session interprets the core directions, priority tasks, and policy support for the circular economy during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
*Speaker: International expert

10:20-10:40 “Replacing Small with Large” Wind Power Retrofits: Pathways and Practices for Renewing Aging Wind Farms
To be announced

10:40–11:00 Chemical Depolymerization: The Industrialization Road from Laboratory to Thousand-Tonne Production Lines
*Speaker: Xianglin Hou, Director, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:00-11:20 Coffee Break & Networking

11:20-11:40 Efficient Dismantling of Retired PV Modules and Crystalline Silicon / Silver / Aluminum Recovery Technologies
*Speaker: Lu Zheng, Director of the System Optimization Division and Professor-level Senior Engineer, Energy Science and Technology Research Institute, SPIC

11:40-12:00 Exploring New Models for Retired PV Module Recycling — A Full-Lifecycle Intelligent Recycling System Based on Physical Methods
*Speaker: Xin Zhang, R&D Director, Yicheng Intelligent Manufacturing (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.

12:00-13:30 Lunch & Networking

13:30-13:50 From Solid Waste to Resource: Recycling Technology Routes for Retired Wind Turbine Blades and China–Europe Industrial Synergy
*Speaker: Expert from Germany

13:50–14:10 A One-Stop “Assess–Dismantle–Recover–Reuse” Solution: Green Recycling Models and Value Reshaping for Retired Wind Power Equipment
*Speaker: China Renewable Resources Development Group Technology Research Institute

14:10–14:30 Thermochemical Valorization Technologies for Bulk Treatment of Retired Wind Turbine Blades
*Speaker: Xuebin Wang, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University

14:30-14:50 Coffee Break & Networking

14:50-15:10 From Dismantling to Regeneration: Technology Breakthroughs and Practice in Key Wind & Solar Recycling Equipment
*Speaker: CRRC Shandong Wind Power Co., Ltd.

15:10-15:30 “Two New” Funding Empowering the Wind & Solar Recycling Industry — Application Briefing
*Speaker: To be announced

15:30-16:00 Empowerment by New Quality Productive Forces — Review and Outlook of China's Wind & Solar Power Equipment Recycling Industry (2027)
*Speaker:  the China Wind and Solar Equipment Recycling Committee (CWSER) , the China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA)

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