SolarCycle has begun recycling solar panels at its new facility in Cedartown, Georgia.
The 255,000-ft2 recycling facility is home to SolarCycle’s proprietary next-generation advanced recycling technology, which delivers more than double the throughput of the company’s first-generation recycling lines. The new process allows for 100% landfill diversion and recovers 96% of the value from the silver, copper, aluminum, glass and other critical minerals within a solar panel. The site is now processing thousands of solar panels per week and will continue to scale toward one million panels annually by the end of 2026. At full capacity, the facility can process up to 5 GW of solar panels each year.
“Our recycling facility in Cedartown represents a step-change in how we’re delivering end-of-life infrastructure,” said Suvi Sharma, CEO and co-founder at SolarCycle. “The next phase of our growth is all about bringing solar recycling to industrial scale and delivering winning economics for our customers so the industry can keep high volumes of critical materials in domestic supply chains as solar deployment continues to accelerate.”
The recycling facility is located adjacent to SolarCycle’s future solar glass manufacturing plant, creating an integrated campus designed to recover and remanufacture high-value materials from end-of-life solar panels. The company has already secured customer commitments covering more than 80% of the glass factory’s planned 5-GW capacity, reflecting strong demand for domestically manufactured solar materials. The project is on track to break ground in mid-2026 and deliver its first production of glass in 2028.
