AGC Succeeds in Demonstration Test of Solar Panel Cover Glass Recycling
November 9, 2023
AGC announced that it has succeeded for the first time in Japan in a demonstration test to recycle about 24 tons of used solar panel cover glass into raw material cullet.
The test was conducted Oct. 19-22 at the AGC Yokohama Technical Center's figured glass production furnace. For the recovery of glass from solar panels, the test used the heat treatment technology of the commercial solar panel recycling production line of Mitsubishi Chemical Group company Shinryo Corporation.