Kyocera announced today that it will parter with two other companies to build Japan’s largest solar farm. Located in Kagoshima on the southwestern island of Kyushu, the 70-megawatt
solar power plant is the start of an effort to explore opportunities to integrate solar within Japan’s electricity grid. Kyocera estimates the cost of the project at approximately $309 million (¥25 billion). Advocates of clean energy hope solar and
wind power can make up the difference where just last year
nuclear power supplied one-third of the country’s power.
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full article on
Inhabitat.
Photos via Kyocera and Wikipedia (Takobou)
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Kyocera announced today that it will parter with two other companies to build Japan’s largest solar farm. Located in Kagoshima on the southwestern island of Kyushu, the 70-megawatt solar power plant is the start of an effort to explore opportunities to integrate solar within Japan’s electricity grid. Kyocera estimates the cost of the project at approximately $309 million (¥25 billion). Advocates of clean energy hope solar and wind power can make up the difference where just last year nuclear power supplied one-third of the country’s power.
Read the full article on Inhabitat.
Photos via Kyocera and Wikipedia (Takobou)
