Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto, Japan) and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation on May 28th, 2015 announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC has completed construction of its third floating mega-solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
A ceremony was held on May 24th to commemorate completion of the 2.3 MW plant, which will generate an estimated total of 2,680 megawatt hours (MWh) of solar power annually – enough electricity to power approximately 820 typical households.
Floating PV utilizes Japan’s abundant water surfaces
Kyocera TCL Solar installed 9,072 PV modules in total. Start of operation is scheduled in June 2015.
Due to the rapid implementation of solar power, securing tracts of land suitable for utility-scale plants is becoming increasingly difficult in Japan. In order to utilize the country’s abundant water surfaces, Kyocera TCL Solar began installing floating solar power generation systems last year.
The new PV plant marks the third floating installation completed by the company, in addition to 1.7 MW and 1.2 MW plants which began operation last month at two different sites in Hyogo Prefecture. The company is also developing a 13.4 MW installation on a dam reservoir in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
2015-05-28 | Courtesy: Kyocera Corporation | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH
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