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🌾 Japan's first 2 MW agrivoltaic plant is running above a working rice paddy in Tokushima, and its main trick is knowing when to get out of the way.
April to August the single-axis trackers hold the panels edge-on to the sun so the rice below keeps its light. The backside of the bifacial glass catches light bouncing off the flooded paddy to claw back some output. After harvest the panels square up and it runs as a normal solar farm until spring.
There's also typhoon mode: strong wind folds the rows into a figure-eight so the storm has nothing flat to grab.
It's a 40x scale-up of a 45 kW pilot in Chiba where two seasons of rice matched open-field yield and quality. Idemitsu estimates solar over 5% of Japan's farmland would double the country's installed capacity.
First harvest under the full 2 MW array lands in the next few weeks.
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Nikkei Asia: asia.nikkei.com/business/energ…
Idemitsu: idemitsu.com/en/2050future/act…
Idemitsu switches on 2 MW of solar above rice paddy - pv magazine Global
Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan has announced its 2 MW agricultural solar power plant, installed 3.8 meters above a rice paddy, has begun operating.Patrick Jowett (pv magazine Global)
' #Medvedev Threatens #Japan with “Monstrous Consequences” Over #KurilIslands Dispute'
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#Russia is currently losing its #navy to a country without a navy, #Ukraine
The last such massively lopsided #naval victory in #history can be found at... checking notes...
The #BattleofTsushima
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A naval battle in 1905 between... checking notes...
Russia and Japan
As the famous Ukrainian quote goes:
"We're very lucky they're so fucking stupid"
Medvedev Threatens Japan with “Monstrous Consequences” Over Kuril Islands Dispute
Dmitry Medvedev threatened Japan with "monstrous consequences" after Tokyo protested Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed Kuril Islands.Cyril Barabaltchouk (UNITED24 Media)
As #Japan grapples with rising sentiment against Muslim immigrants, its #history tells a more complicated story.
In the early 1900s, Japan actively cultivated relationships with Muslims across Asia — part of a strategy to expand its influence and challenge Western powers.
theconversation.com/emerging-a…
Emerging anti-immigration sentiment in Japan obscures a surprising history of strategic engagement with Islam
A false rumor started in the early 20th century that the Japanese emperor would convert to Islam. It helped Japan build alliances with Muslims across Asia.The Conversation
Sehe vergleichbare Tendenzen wie in den #USA auch in #Japan , Südkorea, China, Thailand usw., wo angesichts der Über-Arbeitung die Familien zerfallen und die Geburtenraten implodieren.
Fossilismus & Kapitalismus machen zu viele unglücklich und einsam, auch zunehmend in #Europa …
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Blume & Ince 51: Japan, Demografie & Deindustrialisierung
Prof. Dr. Inan Ince und Dr. Michael Blume diskutieren am Beispiel Japan, ob schrumpfende Bevölkerungen durch mehr Erwerbsarbeit wachsen.Michael Blume (Natur des Glaubens)
Powerful #earthquake hits southern #Japan, deaths feared in shopping mall explosion
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern #Kumamoto prefecture Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads & leaving some trapped & others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed #Aeon shopping mall.
