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Article Published 12/02/2025 3 min read

Webinar: The Valuation of PV Hardware Assets

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Melissa Ann Schmid melissa@energybin.com

Only 22.3% of the 62 million tonnes of global e-waste is formally recycled, according to the United Nations Global E-Waste Monitor 2024.

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Meanwhile, industries are hastening to develop circular economies that support the reuse and recycling of valuable assets. Letting assets go to landfills is literally throwing money away. How much money, you may ask? With applied intelligence to accurately appraise assets, the guesswork is minimized, and the business case for a circular economy becomes too good to dismiss.

In this webinar, we’re joined by Nick Kumleben from Buckstop to share about the company’s agentic platform designed to instantly appraise solar assets. 

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • How an agentic AI appraisal system works and why it matters
  • Applications: Visibility on raw material and hardware resale values
  • Opportunities in today’s market and in the future

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Duration: 48:05 minutes

 

Speakers:

Nick Kumleben_avatarNick Kumleben
Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer at Buckstop - The Urban Mining Company

 

Nick is the Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Buckstop. His background includes advising top financial, mining and energy firms on the global energy transition, with a focus on critical minerals, roles in a $2BN fintech startup, hedge fund investment analysis, and clean power development. A Clean Energy Leadership Institute fellow, Nick holds a B.A. in History with highest honors from the University of Virginia and is a CFA charterholder. His work has been published in The Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and The Spectator, amongst other publications.

 

Melissa_avatar 250x250pxMelissa Ann Schmid
Marketing Communication Manager
EnergyBin

 

 Melissa Ann Schmid is the Marketing Communication Manager at EnergyBin. She is committed to advancing an environmentally and socially responsible secondary solar market. Melissa completed a Master’s in International Business at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Melissa has published in the Social Responsibility Journal, the Journal of Business, Society, and Government, Resource Recycling, enerG Magazine, Solar Power World, North American Clean Energy, and PV Magazine USA. Melissa has broad work experience serving in strategic planning and marketing roles across multiple industries.