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What is Sophia & how does it work?

SOPHIA is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project that aims to implement advanced digital solutions in end-of-life solar panels, involving the full value chain in order to increase their current reuse, repair and recycling rates. The end goal is to foster a more circular, innovative and competitive Europe. The project will focus on:

What is Sophia Project?

New developments and trends in plastics recyclin... The SOPHIA project aims to increase the current reuse, repair and recycling rates of end-of-life solar panels.

Who coordinates the Sophia project – implementation of Advanced Digital Solutions?

In this context, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, coordinates the SOPHIA project – Implementation of Advanced Digital Solutions to increase the circularity of PV panels throughout the entire value chain.

What is Sophia's Horizon Europe project?

The project partners of SOPHIA gathered on 26 June 2025 in Valencia (Spain) to kick off this Horizon Europe project. Through the development of innovative solutions to boost PV panels’ circularity, SOPHIA will contribute to fostering a more circular, innovative and competitive Europe.

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SOPHIA

The SOPHIA project - Implementation of Advanced Digital Solutions to increase the circularity of PV panels throughout the full value chain – is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project that aims

SOPHIA Project

What is SOPHIA? The SOPHIA project - Implementation of Advanced Digital Solutions to increase the circularity of PV panels throughout the full value chain – is an EU-funded Horizon

Enhancing PV Panel Circularity: AIMPLAS Coordinates SOPHIA

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SOPHIA and the future of solar panel

Jul 25, 2025 · Recycling solar panels is essential to ensuring the sustainability of the photovoltaic sector. The SOPHIA project, coordinated

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SOPHIA project: increasing the reuse, repair and recycling

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