Donation of RENERATH Solar Street Lamp to Azumano Elementary School, Ogori City—Contributing to Disaster Prevention Measures at Designated Evacuation Shelters and Sustainable Energy Use

I-PEX Inc. (Headquarters: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Representative Director: Takaharu Tsuchiyama, hereinafter I-PEX) has donated two RENERATH Solar Street Lamps (hereinafter Solar Street Lamps)—one of which is equipped with a security camera—to Azumano Elementary School in Ogori City, Fukuoka Prefecture (hereinafter Azumano Elementary School). These solar street lamps utilize repurposed lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) from electric vehicles (hereinafter repurposed LiBs).

The presentation ceremony was held at Azumano Elementary School on March 18, and was attended by the Mayor of Ogori City, school officials, and a representative from I-PEX.

Azumano Elementary School is a designated evacuation shelter for Ogori City and is adjacent to the I-PEX Campus (Ogori City, Fukuoka Prefecture), which is the hub of I-PEX. The Solar Street Lamps to be installed at Azumano Elementary School will not only be used as street lights and security cameras on the pathways on the school grounds, but they will also be used as emergency power sources at the designated evacuation shelter in the event of a disaster, taking advantage of the fact that the batteries can be removed and used as a power source. In addition, we expect them to be used as part of the children's education on disaster prevention and sustainable energy use.

I-PEX will continue to work with schools and local governments in Fukuoka Prefecture and throughout Kyushu to promote the introduction and utilization of I-PEX's storage battery system series RENERATH, including Solar Street Lamps. Through RENERATH, we aim to contribute to the achievement of safe and secure local communities and the achievement of a decarbonized, resource-recycling society through the use of storage batteries.

The RENERATH Solar Street Lamp is equipped with a storage battery system that utilizes repurposed LiBs and can run solely on renewable energy from solar panels.

Clean electricity, everyday life—RENERATH is a series of I-PEX storage battery systems that reuse used lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles. By combining reusable batteries with IoT technology, we aim to supply energy through sustainable, safe and secure storage batteries. As of March 2025, the RENERATH storage battery system offers five products: Stationary-type storage battery, portable storage battery, carry-type storage battery, portable storage battery, and solar street lamp. From 2024, I-PEX will participate in the Green EV Battery Network Fukuoka (nicknamed GBNet Fukuoka), which aims to build a resource circulation system for used electric vehicle batteries. The storage battery built into the solar street lamp has been manufactured at I-PEX's Onojo Plant (Onojo City, Fukuoka Prefecture) since December 2024.

I-PEX is a leading manufacturer of the world’s most advanced connectors, sensors, and complex molded parts, utilizing the ultra-precision manufacturing process we’ve perfected over the past 50 years. As an expert in innovative product development and engineering solutions, we are dedicated to exceeding our customers' expectations worldwide through global teamwork, striving to be their first choice.