Solar sharing is a system of utilizing the same land for two purposes: solar power generation and farming. In solar sharing projects, people usually cultivate vegetables or other crops, but we decided to raise free range chickens instead.
Power Plant Oo and Chickens' Playground are two different names of the same place.
The ground floor is called Chickens' Playground. That's where our chickens live and play and lay eggs every day.
The first floor is called Power Plant Oo. That's where solar panels are installed and produce electricity.
Overview
Name: Power Plant Oo ／ Chickens' PlaygroundPlace: Tsukuba, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Installed capacity: 38.5 kW (capacity of inverters) / 40.71 kW (capacity of solar panels)
Solar panels: 354 panels x 115 W
Area: about 1000 m2
Height from ground: 3 m
Shading rate: 33%
Operation start: 27 November 2014
Design and construction: Solar Culture, Ceratech Tsukuba
Activities under the panels: Free range chickens and goats.
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| Power Plant Oo, January 2015. |
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| Power Plant Oo, May 2015. |
Construction of our solar sharing power plant in two minutes:
How to adjust solar panel tilt: