Japan is building the world's largest solar power plant on the water

Three companies, Kyocera, Century Tokyo Leasing and Ciel Terre, announced the start of construction of two of the largest solar power plants at once (using photovoltaic cells) on the water. The first station, with a capacity of 1.7 MW, will be built on the Nishihara Pond, in Hyogo Prefecture.

The second power plant, with a capacity of 1.2 MW, will be built on the Donping Pond. According to engineers, this design is quite effective due to two factors: space saving (in Japan, every square meter is worth its weight in gold), and the possibility of passive water cooling.
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Both stations are the start of a large project to create a “green” 60 MW power grid, the deployment of which is planned to be completed by 2015. More specifically, by March 31, 2015. The technology of creating solar power stations on the water belongs to Ciel Terre, which has been successfully operating in the energy market of France for more than three years. This company is responsible for the supply of floating elements and technical equipment for the construction of a floating platform.


The design of the floating element of the platform

Century Tokyo Leasing provides financing for the project, and the Kyocera Group supplies photovoltaic cells and related equipment for the construction and maintenance of the station.

According to the developers, the energy supplied by the stations will be enough to supply 920 typical households, at the rate of 3,600 kWh per household.

Via pennenergy