{"id":172505,"date":"2025-07-31T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172505&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:44:02","slug":"sony-adds-solar-panels-to-nagasaki-plant","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/sony-adds-solar-panels-to-nagasaki-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Adds Solar Panels to Nagasaki Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing has installed solar panels covering 6,324 square meters\u2014equivalent to 24 tennis courts\u2014on the roof of its Nagasaki facility. The system is expected to generate 1,400 MWh annually and reduce CO2 emissions by 590 tons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The panels will power facility operations including office and water treatment systems. Sony aims for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 and is planning similar installations at its Oita plant. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SonySemicon.JP\/posts\/743873228501990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sony Semiconductor Solution Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172497\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_sony-solar_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sony Adds Solar Panels to Nagasaki Plant\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_sony-solar_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_sony-solar_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_sony-solar_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_sony-solar_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing has installed solar panels covering 6,324 square meters\u2014equivalent to 24 tennis courts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172505","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-isahaya","location-nagasaki-prefecture","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}