{"id":214884,"date":"2025-05-27T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/rooftop-solar-and-ev-batteries-could-supply-85-of-japans-electricity-needs"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:17:09","slug":"rooftop-solar-and-ev-batteries-could-supply-85-of-japans-electricity-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/rooftop-solar-and-ev-batteries-could-supply-85-of-japans-electricity-needs","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop solar and EV batteries could supply 85% of Japan\u2019s electricity needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/rooftop-solar-and-ev-batteries-could-supply-85-of-japans-electricity-needs2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study led by Tohoku University has revealed that rooftop solar panels, when combined with electric vehicles (EVs) as batteries, could supply 85% of Japan\u2019s electricity demand and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 87%. The research provides a promising pathway for Japan\u2019s local governments to achieve carbon neutrality by taking advantage of existing infrastructure\u2014rooftops and vehicles\u2014rather than relying solely on large-scale energy systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study led by Tohoku University has revealed that rooftop solar panels, when combined with electric vehicles (EVs) as batteries, could supply 85% of Japan\u2019s electricity demand and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 87%. The research provides a promising pathway for Japan\u2019s local governments to achieve carbon neutrality by taking advantage of existing infrastructure\u2014rooftops [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}