Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega-Solar Power Plant is a 70MW solar PV power project. It is located in Kagoshima, Japan. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in November 2013.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Solar PV 70 70 Active Kagoshima, Japan Kagoshima Mega Solar Power

Description

The project was developed by Kagoshima Mega Solar Power.

Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega-Solar Power Plant is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 314 acres.

The project generates 78,800MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 22,000 households. The project cost is $345m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in November 2013.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Kyushu Electric Power under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years, starting from 2013.

Contractors Involved

Kyocera, Kyudenko and Takenaka were selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.

Kyocera was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 290,000 modules at the site.

SMA Solar Technology supplied 140 of its Sunny Central 500CP-JP inverters to the project site.

Kyocera and Kyudenko were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.

Methodology

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