The Solar Ark by Sanyo

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Pictures, Science & Tech on January 13, 2008 at 7:15 am


In 2005, Japanese electronics company Sanyo has built what is probably the world’s coolest solar photovoltaic power generation facility: the Solar Ark. The building is 315 m (1,033 ft) long and 37 m (121 ft) tall and has over 5,000 solar battery panels. It can generate 630 kW of electricity, enough to power 200 homes for a year.

Link (Gallery) – via ecoble


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6 comments to "The Solar Ark by Sanyo"

  1. Johnald_Chaffinch
    January 13th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    why just for a year?
    do they mean it could power 200 homes simultaneously?

  2. Bryan
    January 13th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    It looks like a big stapler.

  3. Arielle
    January 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Well there goes the argument that photovoltaic cells are an eyesore!

  4. Kurt
    January 13th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    kW isn't a time measure. You can't power anything for a period of time with a kW. A kilowatt HOUR, however, is a useful measure and therefore that's what the electric company bills you for.

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  5. Tempscire
    January 13th, 2008 at 11:03 pm

    Why do other countries always get the really cool-shaped building projects? :(

  6. chaymation
    March 9th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    oooh! we went by this on the way to Kyoto! I wondered what it was :)


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