Schools in Japan Get Solar Boost as Part of Stimulus
Posted By Theresa Carpenter Sondjo On July 15, 2009 @ 12:00 pm In Environment | No Comments
A project to convert schools to solar power by 2020 has been launched by the Japanese government as part of their stimulus plan. CrunchGear reports [1]:
Solar energy remains a hot topic (no pun intended) in Japan. As part of a huge economic stimulus plan, the government plans to convert all of the country’s 32,000 public elementary and middle schools to solar power by 2020. The aim: reduction of CO2 emissions and cutting long-term energy costs.
Conversion will cost between 650 and 980 million USD.
A part of me wants to draw comparisons between this operation and solar startups in Africa. A larger part of me is simply in awe of the project’s scale.
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