Giant solar power generator completed in central Japan

TOWN OF ANPACHI, Japan - A ship-shaped solar power generator, completed in the village of Anpachi, Gifu Prefecture, by Sanyo Electric Co., is put to media preview Dec. 20. The structure that cost 3.3 billion yen to build, is 315 meters long, 37.1 meter high and 13.7 meter wide. Equipped with 5,000 solar cell panels, it can generate 530,000 kilowatts of electricity annually, reducing 95 tons of carbon dioxide, Sanyo said. Pictured to the fore is a JR Tokai Shinkansen bullet train.

• Product Code
• ILEA001087410

• Registered date
• 2001/12/20 00:00:00

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• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 2001 Kyodo News

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• 1864 × 2457 pixel

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• 3.10(MB)*

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