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Japan starts work on ‘world’s largest’ floating solar farm

solar-floating-panels-JapanJapan begins work on ‘world’s largest’ floating solar farm, Guardian, , 28 Jan 16 
Electronics firm builds floating solar farm on a reservoir due to a scarcity of land for utility-scale solar in Japan. The Japanese electronics multinational Kyocera has begun work on what it says will be the world’s biggest floating solar farm.

The power plant is being built on a reservoir in Japan’s Chiba prefecture and is anticipated to supply enough electricity for nearly 5,000 households when it is completed in early 2018.

Space-starved Japan has already seen several floating solar farms built as part of the country’s drive to exploit more renewable energy in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster……..

In the UK, water company United Utilities started work last year on a floating solar farm on a Greater Manchester reservoir, which will be Europe’s largest once complete. Kyocera said it was turning to water because of a scarcity of land for utility-scale solar in Japan……

Kyocera has already built three floating solar farms, which are much smaller than the new one, which was first announced in October 2014.http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/27/japan-begins-work-on-worlds-largest-floating-solar-farm

January 28, 2016 - Posted by | Japan, renewable

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  1. May be a good development in this energy development sector in Japan.

    On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:53 AM, nuclear-news wrote:

    > Christina MacPherson posted: “Japan begins work on ‘world’s largest’ > floating solar farm, Guardian, Adam Vaughan, 28 Jan 16 Electronics firm > builds floating solar farm on a reservoir due to a scarcity of land for > utility-scale solar in Japan. The Japanese electronics multinational K” >

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