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PVpallet is Ready to Rethink Solar Shipping with Game-Changing Solution
The first recyclable, reusable, adjustable, and collapsible pallet system designed specifically for shipping and protecting solar PV modules is ready for testing with key clients. Full production is set for Q1 2022.
Linear vs. Circular Economy: What Truly is Waste?
Whether we realize it or not, the answer to this question impacts our day-to-day lives and increasingly shapes our economic and environmental futures. It also has everything to do with linear vs. circular economies.
Team Member Spotlight: Luke Phelps, Co-founder of PVpallet
PVpallet cofounder Luke Phelps has always had a lot of milk jugs and laundry detergent bottles in his future.
PVpallet raises $1M to develop “game changing” pallets for solar modules
PVpallet, Inc. today announced $1M in funding from ISA Ventures. PVpallet manufactures a recyclable pallet for the global solar industry to transport panels safely, efficiently and without breakage. Today, millions of solar panels move from manufacturers to installation points on fragile wooden pallets, which are then discarded.
Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret
Millions of tons of wood waste are either burned, ground in wood chippers, or thrown into landfills each year. Ironically, a significant amount of that wood waste comes from the pallets the solar industry has thrown out. We have a problem.
Luke Phelps Tells the Story of PVpallet at 1 Million Cups
PVpallet is more than just a new idea; it brings a much-needed solution to shipping solar PV modules that is both sustainable and cost effective. Watch the video to learn more about Luke’s background and the “why” behind PVpallet.
Injection Mold Fabrication to be Completed in August 2021
PVpallet, Inc. is excited to announce our partnership with MSI Mold Builders for the fabrication of our PVpallet injection molds, with an expected completion date of August 2021.
PVpallet Awarded $500,000 Grant from DOE to Revolutionize Solar Packaging with Sustainable Plastic Pallets
PVPallet, a trailblazer in sustainable packaging solutions for the solar industry, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the DOE SETO Office. This grant aims to transform the shipping, handling, and storage of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules by developing reusable and recyclable high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pallets.
Is bigger always better? Experts weigh in on large-format modules.
This month PV Magazine posed the question: when does bigger simply becomes too big? PV Pallet co-founder Luke Phelps contributed to the conversation, noting the shipping and logistics limitations with larger modules.
PV Pallet Uses Full-Scale Prototype to Perfect Design
At PVpallet, we understand that it takes out-of-the-box thinking to bring fresh perspectives to an industry. We knew we needed a full-scale prototype to perfect our design. Here’s how it came together.
PVpallet Selected for DOE Grant
PVpallet is proud and humbled to announce that we have been selected for a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office!
PVpallet, LLC launches first-to-market collapsible pallet system for solar modules
PVpallet, LLC announced it will be producing the first-to-market renewable, collapsible, sturdy, pallet system for solar modules.
PVpallet, a New Way to Handle Solar Modules
PVpallet Team is proud to introduce a new innovation to the Solar Industry with the first to market renewable, collapsible, sturdy, pallet system for solar modules. Partial load management, 60 or 72 cell module capabilities, and 4-pallet-high stacking are just a few of the added benefits of this new product.
Morning Brief: Trump thwarted in latest bid to kill solar-tariff loophole, plus pallets for PV modules
PVpallet claims to improve efficiencies and reduce costs across the solar supply chain — from manufacturing, distribution, and installation to storage and waste disposal.
PVpallet releases adjustable, reusable plastic solar module shipping pallets
PVpallet announced it will be producing the first-to-market renewable, collapsible, sturdy, pallet system for solar modules.
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