Circular Economy

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Hokuriku Geotec Launches Niigata Prefecture’s First Solar Panel Recycling Facility

Hokuriku Geotec, a Niigata-based company specializing in industrial waste processing and a group company of Hirose Co., ...
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What You Need to Know About Tokyo’s Solar Panel Installation Regulation Effective April 2025

Column On April 1, 2025, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government implemented a new regulation mandating the installation of so...
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TRE and Toshiba Group Launch Demonstration to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Reused Solar Panels

TRE Holdings Corporation ("TRE"), through its consolidated subsidiary Rever Corporation ("Rever"), Toshiba Energy System...
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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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Understanding Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Concepts and Benefits

Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, Circular Economy
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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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Why We Need a Circular Economy to Address Climate Change

Column The rapid expansion of renewable energy in recent years marks significant progress in the fight against climate c...
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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...