Kyocera, Century Tokyo completes Japanese 10MW solar power plant

Two giant Japanese companies recently finished a 10-megawatt solar power plant in the Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

According to Bloomberg, multinational electronics company Kyocera Corp. and Century Tokyo Leasing Corp. have been working together to develop a solar power station in Japan. Kyocera supplies the solar panels used for the 9.9-MV photovoltaic (PV) plant.

See News reported that the solar stations are in the idle land of Hyogo Island's western part in the city of Himeji. It went operational on December 4. The combined efforts of the two companies are done through its joint venture called Kyocera TCL Solar LLC.

The solar power plant has 39,600 of 250-W Kyocera modules, which can generate up to 12.16 GWh of electricity each year. That capability can power 3,740 local houses. The Kansai Electric Power Co Inc. will buy the solar power plant's output.

Besides the latest solar plant in Hyogo, Kyocera TCL Solar also owns and runs 32 other solar arrays that can collectively produce up to 63 MW all over Japan.

In an article by Press Release Rocket, Kyocera TCL Solar LLC also finished two floating mega-solar power plants in April 2015 at the Nishihira Pond and Higashihira Pond in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture. The facility can produce up to 3,300-MW hours of electricity each year. Floating solar power plants are also increasingly becoming very popular, especially in places where there is not much land space to build solar power panels on.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are eco-friendly technology that can produce renewal energy. These panels are installed on free land, and even on rooftops.

Occupying big land areas can be a major problem for this technology, especially that there are some countries around the world that doesn't have the luxury of vast land areas. Large scale solar power projects will be difficult for countries with not much free land area.

This problem was solved with the new floating solar panel technology, which uses water surface for installation. These devices can be installed on the sea, reservoirs, rivers, lakes, and even little ponds. This technology has a floating structure and a floater. It is more efficient and it has better evaporation control.