What about secondhand solar?

Last month I wrote about waste solar panels, and how the ‘mountains’ of old solar panels are a drop in the ocean compared to the waste from coal and other sources. We still want to reduce it to as little as possible, and invest now in the growing solar recycling market.

But what about secondhand panels? One reader asked what the possibilities were for a secondary market, as we should always try to reuse things before recycling them. My reply was that the price of the panels is only one part ...