A University of New South Wales report predicts that cumulative solar panel waste will reach 200,000 tons in Australia this year, and over 1 million tons in 2034, with annual volume reaches 50,000 tons in 2025, then 100,000 tons in 2030 – equivalent to over 1 GW and still rising. Hangzhou municipality in China’s Zhejiang Province has announced a 10% generation capacity, 2-hour battery requirement for new solar and wind utility-scale projects, a reminder of the continued push for more battery installations in the country, which is consistent across China but varies in intensity according to local renewables prevalence on the grid compared to dispatchable resources. China’s EVE Energy is rumored to be the future developer of the UK’s West…