World's largest floating solar power plant
Japan is planning to build the world's largest floating solar power plant.
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| The existing Kagoshima Nanatsujima solar power plant of Kyocera Corporation, Japan. Photo: Discovery News |
In the new project, Japan's Kyocera Corporation will build a plant based on 50,000 solar modules floating on the reservoir of the Yakamura Dam. They have previously had plants on coastal strips such as Kagoshima Nanatsujima.
Discovery News reports that the module system covers about 180,000 square meters of water surface. The plant is estimated to generate more than 15.6 MWh per year, enough to power an average of 4,700 households.
The floating solar power plant will collect enough sunlight from the dam’s surface to offset about 7,800 tons of CO2 emissions each year, according to the company. The facility will also include an education center adjacent to the plant that will provide classrooms for local students focused on environmental issues.
"When we first researched and developed solar energy in the 1970s, the technology was only feasible for small applications such as street lights, traffic signs and telecommunication stations in mountainous areas. Since then, we have continued to research to make this energy source more widely used in society," said Nobuo Kitamura, senior executive officer of Kyocera.
According to VnExpress
