Japan has built a massive PV farm:
kyocera floats mega solar power plant in japan
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kagoshima nanatsujima mega solar power plant sits off the coast of southern japan, overlooking the ocean bay and grand sakurajima volcano. occupying 1.27 million square meters roughly the same area as 27 baseball stadiums the massive plant is comprised of 290,000 arranged panels. an adjacent tour facility provides visitors, students, and tourists with expansive panoramas of the facility from a circular viewing room and relevant information about environmental issues, a stimulus in the understanding of renewable energy resources for the public sphere.
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And here is a video with more detail (in Japanese, but the pictures tell the story):
Why is it that the Japanese can do it and we're locked into inaction?
I think that Obama should try many more solar options.
-AC