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Solar Panel Installations Rise for Rental and Detached Homes as Condominium Adoption Declines Ahead of Tokyo’s 2025 Mandate, Reports LIFULL HOME’S

Beginning in April 2025, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will mandate that businesses—such as housing manufacturers su...
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Fukushima-Based Companies to Recycle Solar Panel Glass into Insulation Material

According to a report by Newswitch​1​, three companies based in Fukushima Prefecture—Takaryo Corporation (headquartered ...
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ERE Group to Recycle Decommissioned Solar Panels from the 12.2MW Uruma Mega Solar Power Plant Repowering Project 

On February 20, 2025, ENEOS Renewable Energy Corporation (ERE) announced plans to repower its 12.2MW Uruma Mega Solar Po...
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Leapton Energy Partners with Niimi Solar Company to Pursue Horizontal Recycling of Solar Panels 

On January 8, 2025,Leapton Energy Co., Ltd.(Leapton) announced a partnership withNiimi Solar Company Co., Ltd. (Niimi So...
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Kitakyushu City’s New Solar Circular Initiative: Kitakyushu Triangle Model

Kitakyushu City, located in Fukuoka Prefecture in western Japan, has launched the Kitakyushu Triangle Model, a pioneerin...
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Mitsui Chemicals and Sustech Agree to Demonstrate New Renewable Energy Model Utilizing Reused Solar Panels

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Mitsui Chemicals) and Sustech, Inc. (Sustech) have agreed to conduct a demonstration project exp...
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Rexia Launches Japan’s First Web Platform for Solar Panel Reuse and Recycling  

Rexia Corporation (Rexia), a joint venture between Marubeni Corporation and Hamada Co., Ltd., has launched Japan’s first...
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West Holdings Corporation to Launch Initiative for Solar Panel Reuse and Recycling 

West Holdings Corporation (West Group) has entered into a basic outsourcing agreement with Kinki Denden Yuso., Ltd. (Kin...
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Chugoku Electric Power and Partners to Develop Solar Power Plants Using Reused Solar Panels 

On July 4, 2024, Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Chugoku Electric Power), Chuden Plant Co., Ltd. (Chuden Plant), Cocco...
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Sakuragi Soken to Establish an Industrial Waste Processing Plant Dedicated to Solar Panels

Sakuragi Soken Co., Ltd. (Sakuragi Soken) has submitted an application to the Chiba Prefectural Government for approval ...