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| The Mega power plant is covering an area about 1,270,000metre square, that is almost 27 baseball stadiums. It can produce almost 78,800MWh. |
Globally diverse businesses giant Kyocera launched the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant, a 70 megawatt facility in Japan that can generate enough electricity to power about 22,000 homes.
The move comes as Japan struggles with energy sources as nuclear power plants were shut down after meltdowns hit Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima plant in 2011.
The Solar plant went online on November 1 and is operated by a special purpose company established by Kyocera and six other companies to sell the electricity to a local utility under Japan's feed-in-tariff program.
The power plant consists of 290,000 solar panels which can be viewed by the visitors and other people associated with education and research, from an elevated vantage point. It is surely a great view with the beautiful ocean bay and Sakurajima Volcano in the background.
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| Public tour facility |
The Kagoshima Nanatsujima solar project was initiated by three companies, namely Kyocera Group, IHI, and Mizuho Corporate Bank. This project has an annual power generation capacity of 78,800MWh and is expected to supply clean electricity to approximately 22,000 average households while also reducing 25,000t of CO2 per year.
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