Kyocera TCL complete 2.3-MW floating solar project work

Kyocera TCL largest floating plant

Kyocera TCL Solar, a joint venture of Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, has completed construction of a 2.3-megawatt floating solar power plant in Hyogo prefecture, western Japan.

It is claimed to be the largest floating solar power plant in terms of output, Chinese news agency Xinhua has reported. The plant is expected to generate 2,680 megawatt hours each year.

The Japanese government has been promoting floating solar power plants in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011.

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Last month, Kyocera TCL itself had completed construction of two floating solar power projects of 1.7-megawatt and a 1.2-megawatt capacity at Kato city in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

The solar modules laid out on the Nishihira and Higashihira Ponds will jointly generate 3,300 megawatt hours (MWh) a year. The electricity generated by the plants was estimated to be adequate to power more than 920 households.

Kyocera TCL Solar is also developing a 13.4-megawatt floating solar power plant on the Yamakura Dam reservoir, under Chiba prefecture.

The project will consist of nearly 50,000 Kyocera modules that will cover an 180,000 square-meter expanse of water.

The plant is expected to generate about 15,635 megawatt hours of electricity annually, which should be adequate to power almost 4,700 homes.

The generated electricity would be sold to Tokyo Electric Power Company.

The plant to be completed next March will be the largest floating solar installation on completion, the company had claimed.

Ajith Kumar S

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