Farmer charges EV with solar power in Miyagi Pref.

Farmer charges EV with solar power in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Atsushi Sabusawa, a farmer in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, charges an electric vehicle with electricity generated from a solar power facility on Feb. 3, 2014. Sabusawa is cooperating with an experimental project in the northeastern Japanese city to store solar powered energy in electric cars and use it for farming based on the concept of local production for local consumption.

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