Cutting Carbon Beyond the Grid: Decarbonising Clean Energy Manufacturing

The clean energy transition depends not only on renewable power but also on how solar panels, grid equipment, batteries, and low carbon equipment is designed, manufactured, and recycled. These assets carry significant embodied carbon footprints that risk undermining climate progress. Addressing this challenge requires innovation in materials, processes, and circularity.

The outcome will define whether clean energy infrastructure truly delivers net zero impact across its lifecycle.

• Which innovations in design, manufacturing, and recycling can reduce embodied carbon most effectively?

• How can circular economy principles be embedded into clean energy manufacturing at scale?

• What role should policy, standards, and investment play in accelerating uptake of low-carbon approaches?