Solar power to be provided for tsunami-hit homes in Japan

Solar units will be installed for households in Ofunato, a Japanese city that was badly hit by last year’s tsunami.

The project is being run Housing charity Habitat for Humanity in partnership with construction technology firm Hilti and business and finance information provider Bloomberg, which will lend its expertise in solar policy and markets.

In its initial phase, the ‘solar home recovery project’ will install solar units into 40 disaster-affected homes.

Each family involved in the project will contribute towards the cost of their solar unit – an amount equivalent to what is available through the government rebate scheme – thereby enabling Habitat for Humanity to support more households

Tomoya Kaji, Habitat for Humanity Japan’s acting national director, said that his organisation was now looking for a technical partner to donate or sell discounted solar modules for the initiative.

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