Sanyo is a well-known Japanese electronics company and a brand instantly recognizable worldwide. Sanyo’s Solar Ark is an ark shaped solar photovoltaic power generation facility located in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
In my eyes the solar ark building is an architectural, engineering and scientific masterpiece. I just noted it as one of the places in Japan I would like to visit in a future trip to Japan as I want to see the solar lab and visit the solar museum housed within the facility. It’s free to enter the facility once it’s open and it’s boat-like features and name are obvious references to the biblical ark that Noah built to escape the floods.
Infinite Solar Energy
Unlike fossil fuels, bio fuels and other energy sources, the sun and it’s infinite solar energy isn’t going anywhere and the day the sun goes out is the day we are pretty much doomed as well.
For more information and pictures visit the Solar Ark’s official website.
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It’s indeed an amazing piece of architecture and technology!
Did you hear about the initiative that is tryong to get solar panels on at least 20% of Japanese houses by 2030?
Wow. Very impressive! They should’ve built one of those in Half Way Tree instead of that useless Transportation Centre.
@ Stunner, it sure is!
@ Justin, yup I read an article at the begining of the year on that topic
@ Leon….come on don’t say the new transportation centre is useless…well a least not yet
They need to make those orbital elevator like they do in Gundam 00. Infinite energy source baby!
If you run out of time during your trip, you can always catch a glimpse of it from the Shinkansen. If you’re travelling between Tokyo and Osaka, it is on the west side of the tracks well over an hour out of Tokyo. I always try to see it when I go past.
@ Expat…thanks for the tip, I will surely consider it
@ Deviant….too much anime, but hey!…it is "possible"
@ Evilwoobie…yup thousands of initially faulty ones returned by customers, all repaired and recycled into this work of art.
whoa~!
Are those ALL solar panels?!?
Yeah.. things like this is a need of the century..!
Blimey! That’s in Anpachi-cho near where I work (I live in Gifu). I’ll have to swing by and take a look for myself! Looks awesome!
@ Beautiful….sure is needed!
@ Nick….bring me along…in the future that is…rofl
aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh smart people
WE ARE very interted in the solar power project in the village
I am very interest to known about solar energy also i want to see solar energy bank