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Utility-scale solar is very unpopular in Japan. Because most suitable lands of them are densely forested, and installing utility-scale solar systems requires de
by Naru41 1y ago
Utility-scale solar is very unpopular in Japan. Because most suitable lands of them are densely forested, and installing utility-scale solar systems requires destory the forests.
There are concerns landslides due to reduced water storage functionality, and emotional antipathy at having their hometowns' mountains covered with solar panels.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoHow does the depopulation of rural areas contribute to this, if at all? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/in-japans-ageing-countryside-communities-are-facing-extinction https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/in-japans-ageing-co... https://theconversation.com/when-a-countrys-towns-and-villages-face-extinction-88398 https://theconversation.com/when-a-countrys-towns-and-villag... https://old.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/bcnga2/japan_population_change_map_20152018_bluer_colors/ https://old.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/bcnga2/japan_populat... (utility scale solar generators typically have a 35 year lifetime, so in areas of Japan where you’re not cutting down forests, it makes sense to build where depopulation is occurring in a “last person out shut off the light” sort of way before the rural community goes extinct)
- LargoLasskhyfv 1y agohttps://japaninsides.com/japans-floating-solar-farm-with-50000-solar-panels-is-the-future-of-energy-52328 https://japaninsides.com/japans-floating-solar-farm-with-500...