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KYOCERA Starts Operation of 70MW Solar Power Plant, the Largest in Japan
Clean, safe electricity generated will proide e!"ialent power for ro"ghly 22,000 aerage ho"seholds
#oember $, 2013
%yocera Corporation &'resident: (oro )amag"chi* today anno"nced the la"nch of a +0 megawatt &,-* solar
power plant in %agoshima 'refect"re, so"thern .apan. /he %agoshima #anats"0ima ,ega 1olar 'ower 'lant went
online on #oember 1 and is being operated by a special p"rpose company established by %yocera and si2 other
companies to sell the electricity to a local "tility "nder .apan3s feed4in4tariff &56/* program. 7n ina"g"ration
ceremony was held on #oember 8, with the attendance of company representaties and local goernments to
commemorate the la"nch of the co"ntry3s largest "tility4scale solar power plant
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Inauguration ceremony of the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant
:2pectations and interest in solar energy hae heightened to a new leel in .apan with the need to resole power
s"pply iss"es res"lting from the (reat :ast .apan :arth!"ake of ,arch 2011. /o f"rther promote the "se of
renewable energy, the .apanese goernment la"nched a restr"ct"red 56/ program in ."ly 2012, which stip"lates that
local "tilities are re!"ired to p"rchase 100; of the power generated from solar installations of more than 10
kilowatts &k-* for a period of 20 years.
:2ploring a new b"siness model for "tility4scale solar power generation, %agoshima ,ega 1olar 'ower
Corporation was established by %yocera and si2 other companies in ."ly 2012. <nder a financing plan deised by
,i="ho Corporate >ank, the new company was tasked to deelop and operate the +0,- solar power plant on land
owned by 6?6 Corporation 44 with the power generated to be p"rchased by %y"sh" :lectric 'ower Co., 6nc. based
on the 56/ program. 7s the largest shareholder of the new company, the %yocera (ro"p was responsible for the
s"pply of solar mod"les as well as part of the constr"ction, and will also "ndertake maintenance of the system with
%y"denko Corporation.
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The 70MW Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant
7dditionally, a to"r facility has been b"ilt ad0acent to the +0,- plant 44 which is open to the p"blic 44 feat"ring a
circ"lar iewing room where isitors can obsere the 2@0,000 solar panels from an eleated antage point and
en0oy the iew of the ocean bay and grand 1ak"ra0ima olcano in the backgro"nd. Aisplay =ones for isitors s"ch
as st"dents and to"rists proide information abo"t enironmental iss"es and the science behind photooltaic energy
generation. >y dedicating this facility, all parties inoled hope to foster a deeper "nderstanding of renewable
energy and f"rther facilitate a low4carbon society.
Public tour facility at the 70MW Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant
Solar Power Plant Oeriew
#ame %agoshima #anats"0ima ,ega 1olar 'ower 'lant
Bocation 2 #anats"0ima, %agoshima City, %agoshima 'refect"re, .apan
7rea 1,2+0,000m
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&ro"ghly the same area as 2+ baseball stadi"ms*
7nn"al o"tp"t 7ppro2. +C,C00,-h &pro0ected*
:lectricity generated will proide the e!"ialent power for ro"ghly 22,000 aerage ho"seholds
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will help to offset ro"ghly 2$,000 tons of CD2 per year
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Constr"ction
timeline
1tart of constr"ction: 1eptember 2012
Completion: Dctober 2013
/otal 6nestment 7ppro2. 2+ billion yen &appro2. 2+$.$ million <.1. dollars
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!om"any Oeriew
Company name %agoshima ,ega 1olar 'ower Corporation
Eepresentatie 'resident and Eepresentatie Airector: #ob"o %itam"ra &also seres
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director as 1enior :2ec"tie Dfficer of %yocera Corporation*
:stablished ."ly 10, 2012
Capital 7ppro2. 8.3 billion yen &appro2. 88 million <.1. dollars*
6nesting
companies
%yocera CorporationF %AA6 CorporationF 6?6 CorporationF
%y"denko CorporationF %agoshima >ank, Btd.F >ank of %yoto,
Btd.F /akenaka Corporation
>"siness o"tline /o sell power prod"ced from +0,- solar power plant to local
"tility company &%y"sh" :lectric 'ower Co., 6nc.*. 'ower to be
p"rchased for a period of 20 years starting from commencement of
power s"pply.
#ole of Partici"ating !om"anies
Company Dperation %yocera Corporation
Constr"ction %yocera 1olar CorporationF %y"denko CorporationF /akenaka
Corporation
Dperational
maintenance
%yocera 1olar CorporationF %y"denko Corporation
Band leasing 6?6 Corporation
'ro0ect finance ,i="ho Corporate >ank
91 Bargest operating solar power plant in .apan. Eesearch by %yocera &as of #oember 1, 2013*.
92 >ased on an aerage "se of 3,G00k-h per ho"sehold. 1o"rce: 5ederation of :lectric 'ower Companies of .apan
93 >ased on calc"lations deried from standards created by .':7.
98 5or the reader3s conenienceF based on an e2change rate of .')@C H <1A1 &as of #oember 1, 2013*.

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