Japanese Company Starts Selling Solar Powered Carports
Crunchgear reports that a Japanese company named Sankyo Tateyama Aluminium has started selling solar powered carports. The company claims its M.Shade carports can generate enough electricity to cut a household's electricity bill in half.
The so-called M.Shade carports can accommodate two cars maximum and come with extra-strong pillars that support the weight of the solar panels on top of them. Home owners get total of twelve solar panels (5.6×5.4m) that provide 2,235kW per year. Sankyo says this is enough to cover about 50% of what a typical household needs on a yearly basis.
That sounds great until you learn that the solar-powered carports cost $40,000. When the price comes down this idea will become more commonplace. New apartment complexes could include them as a way to help tenants save money on their electricity bills.
