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National Geographic: Solar Panels Floating on Water Will Power Japans Homes Nowadays, bodies of water arent necessarily something to build around—theyre something to build on. They sport not just landfills and man-made beaches but also, in a nascent global trend, massive solar power plants. The biggest floating plant, in terms of output, will soon be placed atop the reservoir of Japans Yamakura Dam in Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo. When completed in March 2016, it will cover 180,000 square meters, hold 50,000 photovoltaic solar panels, and power nearly 5,000 households. It will also offset nearly 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. (Since the EPA estimates a typical car releases 4.7 tons of CO2 annually, thats about 1,700 cars worth of emissions.) news.nationalgeographic/news/energy/2015/01/150116-floating-solar-power-japan-yamakura/
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:32:47 +0000

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