Floating Solar Panels Japan
The biggest floating plant in terms of output will soon be placed atop the reservoir of japan s yamakura dam in chiba prefecture just east of tokyo.
Floating solar panels japan. A floating solar array on an irrigation pond in hyogo prefecture japan. Adoption has been slow some recent deals may turn the tide. The cumulative capacity of the top 100 floating projects reaches over 246 mw more than 50 of which is located in japan. Japan s largest floating pv plant catches fire after typhoon faxai impact kyocera s 13 7 mw floating project at the yamakura dam was damaged by 120mph winds the typhoon brought to the coastal city.
Now they ve begun constructing what they claim is the world s largest floating solar plant in chiba near tokyo. As here kyocera plans on using over 50 000 solar panels. The 13 7 megawatt power station being built for chiba prefecture s public enterprise agency is located on the yamakura dam reservoir 75 kilometers east of the capital. When completed in march 2016 it will cover.
As shown in figure 1 in addition to japan other hot markets dominating the world of floating solar are china south korea the united kingdom and taiwan.