Floating Solar panel plants.

PV expert Kyocera TCL Solar LLC has completed the construction of two floating PV plants in Japan. Overall these two…

PV expert Kyocera TCL Solar LLC has completed the construction of two floating PV plants in Japan. Overall these two PV plants have a capacity of 2.9 MW.

Kyocera TCL Solar LLC is a joint venture of Kyocera and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation. In September 2014, the company started the construction of the two plants in the Japanese prefecture Hyogo. Now both plants are completed.

If you would like to catch a glimpse of a floating PV plant without having to travel to Japan you are in luck. A flight over lake Nishihira looks like this:

http://www.sunwindenergy.com/construction-swimming-pv-plants-japan-finished

The bigger of the two plants has a capacity of 1.7 MW and floats on Nishihira lake, while the smaller one has a capacity of 1.2 MW and was installed on lake Higashihira. The plants will generate an estimated 3,300 MWh of electricity per year.