Published: November 6th, 2011 at 4:02 pm ET
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Title: Japan’s Solar City of Future
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“These dark rectangular solar panels could hold the key to a completely self-sufficient community.”
“Ota City, [population 220,000] located about 80 kilometers north of Tokyo, is one of Japan’s sunniest spots and home to strawberry fields.”
“Quite interestingly enough this nature hotspot is where 550 homes are given free solar panels from the government, as part of a study on how avoid blackouts by sharing solar power.”
Mika Hiroshima: “I had never thought I’d be receiving money instead of paying when I receive electricity bills. People had told me how good this is but I didn’t believe it until I actually saw negative numbers on my electricity bills. Then I realized how wonderful this system is.”
Another interesting fact about Ota — though you’re not likely to hear about it on the news — is that enenews.com is the #3 most popular website in the city. (SOURCE: Alexa, owned by Amazon.com)
This includes sites like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
And thanks to Australian Cannonball for taking the initiative and time to leave the 5 star comment om Alexa (he probably wouldn’t mind if you visited his sponsors). His comment at Alexa would probably enjoy some company. (Tip: Click ‘Write a Review‘ under AC’s comment)
A look at the panels in greater detail:
Reuters Video, Japan’s Solar City: “A solar-powered city offers a model for future self-sufficient energy communities, producing electricity with rooftop panels.”
Published: November 6th, 2011 at 4:02 pm ET
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I'll BITE and post to Gregory Thread though 
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A sight for sore eyes!
Ota – you’re the future!
Thanks for this, Admin!
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Ota, the most enlightened city in the world?
thank you for the dpa translation B&B
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I just submitted a positive review of enenews.com at alexa.com.
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I submitted the first one! – Feel free to submit one for my site
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Hi Admin, my pleasure
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“I had never thought I’d be receiving money instead of paying when I receive electricity bills. People had told me how good this is but I didn’t believe it until I actually saw negative numbers on my electricity bills. Then I realized how wonderful this system is.”
No wonder they’re fighting tooth and nail to preserve nuclear power.
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Seriously, if everyone had PV, the profit AND the control of the people would be lost to the evil monopolies in bed with the Gov.
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That is the point! The change to clean energy can and should be a change to more democratic energy supply, too. And that is what the big boys fear.
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Is there any doubt that this is the way forward?
Inexpensive printable photovoltaics are already here to make solar panels competetive.
Cheap, ink-based printable nanocrystal solar cells become a reality
By Sebastian Anthony on November 4, 2011 at 10:45 am
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/103477-cheap-ink-based-printable-nanocrystal-solar-cells-become-a-reality
Wind power is already a viable alternative and is in use on a massive scale around the world.
The next step is to develop the existing energy storage solutions and search for new technologies along this path…
Large-scale electricity storage
Electricity storage offers considerable added value for the energy sector, particularly when combined with wind power generating capacity on a large scale. Storage increases the technical reliability of the power supply, stabilizes the cost of electricity and helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Large-scale energy storage is already applied in many countries worldwide. Good results have been achieved with pumped storage facilities in countries like Germany, Austria, Norway, the UK and the USA. In the Netherlands, electricity storage is also attracting increasing attention.
http://www.kema.com/services/consulting/etd/es/large-scale-storage.aspx
It can and will be done if we throw the chains of nuclear power off from around the necks of the masses…
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i totally love this post for a thousand reasons (i wont go into them here
) and big up to you forward thinking people in Ota….that has made my week and belgium too!!!
peace light and love to you all!!
one happy lemming
oh and
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It is nice to receive money from the grid. I have six small wind generators, and I make about $1k/year on average. You don’t have to support polluters for power. There are many ways to generate your own juice. Individually is where the downfall of the power giants will come.
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I’ve seen posters at HP who run their entire houses with Solar.
Wind Generators will soon be EVERYWHERE. (i hope)
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Just down the road is a major solar array, some 140 acres of panels. These things are achievable with private funding, and quite profitable. If the governments of the world would invest in renewable sources like they have in dirty sources, we could end nuclear and fossil fuels in short order.
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I do, net negative
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CONGRATULATIONS ENENEWS!!
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One I missed from Yesterday:
Talk: Dr Chris Busby talks to Edgar about nuclear waste disposal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOA74yUdrZ0
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OT
New at Huffington
Keystone XL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/06/thousands-gather-in-lafay_n_1078809.html
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Congratulations Enenews
Love and Light. Raise vibrations 11.11.11. We can stop this fekin’ industry, please how can we help Japanese people, you can come here, get away from there, come here, bring a yurt, claim amnesty.
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I mean it – go on facebook find me – not hard, trust me, visit shill sites, inbox me.
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We didn’t have money for solar or wind in the 70′s, so we put a battery isolator in the car and used that. People don’t need nearly as much electric as they tend to think in U.S., etc. Here is a slide show of the old home place.
http://www.youtube.com/user/risasb?feature=mhee#p/u/5/8POwAWHMuTE
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Risabee, thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed your pictures very much.
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CONGRATULATIONS PEOPLE FROM OTA
GROUND READINGS for Fukushima Prefecture, from the Safecast group i will be part of when i’ll arrive in Japan. (And also CRIIRAD network)
http://twitter.com/#!/SafecastProbes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdtn0004/
Check the Flikr pictures description for location.
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I’m following you on Twitter now Sun. Hope you have a safe trip!
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The many story of the media. Hahahhahahahaha!!!! Great story here with the msm looking REALLY STUPID!!. I MEAN really really stooooopid!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GME5nq_oSR4&feature=player_embedded
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HAHAHAHAHA! LOL The absolute pinnacle of television journalism!
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I heard this was happening somewhere in USA years ago. House installed with solar panels and batteries produces more electricity then it needs overall. Maybe on a cold dark night takes power from grid but on a sunny day puts power back in the grid. Utility pays you. Something else to think about is the amount of power it takes to deliver power. A central power generating system has to send power sometimes over a hundred miles from source to customer. At least 20% of power is lost that way. Solar may be expensive but life is expensive. Life costs money. Houses traditionally are bought with mortgages so realy over time solar would pay for itself. Your old utility bill might cover the added cost rolled into a mortgage. Really when you hear the energy issue framed around nuclear being the only alternative to coal thats only true if you have a nuclear livelihood. Me I won’t mind hearing the squeak squeak squeak of a windmill, water wheel or even somebodies back up diesel generator if it means an end to nuclear.
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An appropriate song for this thread…
Warm Power of the Sun – John Hall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekdGuutE_UM
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Wow. So many positive vibes on this thread, lovely!!
I guess this is what some users might have been missing.
Good morning everyone!
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Good Morning B&B! Yes, nothing lacking here. I’m getting ready to clock out. It’s your shift now. Many warm wishes to you and yours. Night All!
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