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Publish Date : 06-Nov-2013

Japan's largest solar power plant is launched in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima. The plant is a major new effort to develop the country's renewable energy resources among lingering public concern over the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.

The facility, the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Plant designed by Japanese electronics giant Kyocera Corporation, was constructed in the center of an industrial zone in southern Kagoshima City, one of the few areas in Japan where the number of clear sky days stays at around 40 days.

As per to Kyocera, the 70-megawatt solar power plant facing Sakurajima Volcano, the city's landmark across the bay, covers an area of about 1.27 million square meters. It is prepared with 290,000 solar panels to supply power for about 22,000 local households, making it the biggest solar generation plant in Japan. Kyocera had been building the solar park since September of last year, spending around 27 billion yen (around $270 million).

Above 120 people comprising representatives from local governments, financial institutions and Kyocera engineering teams attended an opening ceremony held at the plant site.

Nobuo Kitamura, the president of Kagoshima Mega Solar Power Corporation, the plant 's operator was in charge of the official event's opening.

He assured that the power company's staff would work with local residents to make complete use of the renewable energy generated, hoping that the engineering team will offer an "answer" to solve Japan's energy problem and pass on a "cleaner Earth" to the next generation.

The president said, "We would like to contribute to new development and improvement for human societies through a new type of energy production from Kagoshima, the place where many courageous samurai challenged the ancient political and social regime in the 1860s to reform the country".

Kagoshima Governor Yuichiro Ito expressed possibility that the new plant will become a ground-breaking Japanese facility to create a low-carbon society in the near future and protect the global environment. He also declared that a joint understanding and action by the plant operator, local industries, local government and local residents will ensure further promotion of renewable energy resource usage.

He said, "Our team has carefully worked out the best angle for the solar panels over the past months and we would like to further keep a record on the unique situation by the volcanic mountain, also causes darkness due to the ash released."

A 39-year-old city official also highlighted that it is quite natural for many regular citizens to want the introduction of new energy resources after the country's 2011 nuclear crisis.

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