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company in Nagano Prefecture will start to install a photovoltaic generation
system in local schools. With the support form the prefecture and an NPO, Sunjunior that specializes in the photovoltaic generation business plans to install the
system in five local public schools this spring, and increase the number of
schools to 700 in five years. The company will install a photovoltaic
generation system with an output of 100 kW, which is equivalent to the output
for 25 households, on the roof of school building. The system will come with an
emergency power source and LED lighting to provide a gymnasium with the
function as an evacuation center in a time of disaster.
It costs
about 40 million yen to install the system. Sunjunior will bear part of the
cost, and the remaining expenses will be covered by the investment from local
companies, local residents, and graduates. Generated power will be sold to
electric power companies, and investors will collect their investments from the
revenue of selling electricity. The company is working on the details of
investment with the NPO, Renewable Energy Shinshu-net, and they wish the
investment to be collected in 20 years. While running the system, the company will
improve the generation efficiency and operation method to establish the optimal
system. With the growing concern over renewable energy, grass-roots projects
are expected to spread nationwide in Japan.
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