The result is that a relic of Japan’s economic bubble is playing an unlikely role in the country’s energy transition. For the past decade, defunct golf courses have been vital to solar growth. About 9% of Japan’s utility-scale solar capacity is on former golf courses, according to an analysis of a BloombergNEF data that includes arrays with capacity of 0.9 megawatts or greater.
using all the land technically suitable for solar and wind could produce 14 times Japan’s annual electricity generation. The country has the space, but that isn’t translating into actual construction, he said.
Okay, both the headline and the article contents are wrong. There is, in fact, tons of space. The issue is not space, it’s cost and permits. “Japan Has No Appetite for Solar Farms Apart from Old Golf Courses” would be more accurate.
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Marn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
What about on the top of buildings? Over parking lots ect? Any time you shade a black top it really helps with heat soak
Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You do have to be careful though, sometimes those tarpaper roofs are trying to keep heat inside the building, or trying to keep lines from freezing in the winter.
That being said, there’s plenty of places in Japan where you could throw up a canopy of solar panels tied into the grid.
DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Railways :-)
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
tokyo has a lot of buildings, put it on top of every building possible.
Yes. I’m sure that will be the way they go in the end. But businesses want to do it as cheap as possible. Make a quick buck for the lowest possible costs as usual. On roofs is a little more complex. Legislation is probably needed.
jimmy90@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
farms?