Circular Economy

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...

06.07.2024

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What is a Linear Economy?

Column In 2023, the global impact organization Circle Economy reported a striking figure: only 7.2% of the global econom...

03.06.2024

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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 ...

29.05.2024

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Sumitomo Corporation to Launch a Demonstration Experiment to Promote the Reuse and Recycling of Used Solar Panels

News Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo), Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co., Ltd. (SMFL), SMFL Mirai Partners Co., Ltd. ...

29.03.2024

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AGC Succeeds in Recycling Solar Panel Cover Glass into Float Glass for the First Time in Japan

News AGC Inc., a Tokyo-based glass, chemicals, and high-tech materials manufacturer, announced on March 25, 2024, that i...

26.03.2024

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Public and Private Initiatives to Address Photovoltaic (PV) Module Waste in Japan

Column Since the introduction of the feed-in-tariff (FIT) system in 2012, Japan has experienced a sharp increase in sola...

01.02.2024 01.04.2024

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[Summary] Study Group on the Disposal and Recycling of Renewable Energy Generation Facilities – 7th Meeting

Column On January 15, 2024, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of the Environment (...

22.01.2024

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[Summary] Study Group on the Disposal and Recycling of Renewable Energy Generation Facilities – 6th Meeting

Study Group, Disposal, Recycling, Reuse, Renewable Energy Generation Facilities, Solar Panels, PV Modules, Circular Economy, METI, MOEJ, 6th Meeting, Japan

27.11.2023

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Recycling Photovoltaic (PV) modules

Column Reusing and recycling PV modules are crucial in making the solar industry more circular and sustainable. While so...

01.03.2023

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Reusing Photovoltaic (PV) modules

Column While the typical lifetime of a PV module is 25–30 years, some modules are decommissioned before reaching their e...

01.02.2023

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