School as Power Station: Project Started in Suginami, Tokyo

Suginami ward in Tokyo is going to install solar facilities in all the municipal elementary schools and middle schools.

The municipality intends the schools to function as solar stations in the case of emergency.

The project is of three-year period and the investment will cost at least 300 million JPY.

Asahi: 2013/7/7 09:03
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