Solar battery panels cover new Itoman city office

Solar battery panels cover new Itoman city office

ITOMAN, Japan - A new municipal office building in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, covered with 2,500 solar battery panels on its south side and roof, is completed April 23. The city office will cut its annual electricity consumption by 20% using the panels, which also shade the building from sunlight.

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