Kitakyushu to Conduct R&D for Solar Panel Recycling
The city of Kitakyushu announced it will begin in November research and development into technology for the low cost recycling of solar energy panels. It will be a four-year project, and the city said it hopes to develop a new business model for a resource recycling society. The first such effort of its kind in Japan, the project has been outsourced by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).