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Seaway Signals Converted to Use Renewable Energy

Source: JOIN IEA/IRENA Policy and Measures Database
Last updated: 18 August 2015

In 2000, the Japanese government concluded a voluntary agreement with industry to change the energy source of signs and markings in seaways (e.g. buoys and lighthouses) to renewable sources such as solar or ocean/tidal.

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