However a lack of rare earths does not mean that the components of solar modules are harmless.
Rare earth metals in solar panels.
If solar panels are so clean why do they produce much toxic waste.
This means that global production of several rare earth minerals used in solar panels and wind turbines especially neodymium terbium indium dysprosium and praseodymium must grow twelvefold by.
Experts have found that the rare metals required to build solar panels such as indium and tellurium are not in sufficient supply to keep up with demand.
However recent research coming out of the netherlands has spotted a red flag to relying on solar panels as a panacea for global emissions problems.
We ve found a new source for rare earth elements need green.
Thin film pv technologies for example contain potentially critical metals such as tellurium.
In 2011 the average price of rare earth metals shot up by as much as 750 percent.
High performance batteries need lithium which is only easily extracted from briny pools in the andes.
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