Scientific American: Will Solar Float to the Rescue in Japan?

[nationalize the fed]

Melissa C. Lott | Scientific American September 15, 2014

Photo: Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant by Kyocera.

Land-constraints and a massive nuclear shutdown have intensified the debate over where to put new electricity generation capacity in Japan. Solar has risen to the forefront, as its panels take to the water.

Earlier this month, the Kyocera, Century Tokyo Leasing, and Ciel et Terre announced their plans to build two floating solar power stations in the Hyogo prefecture in Western Japan. These two solar islands will include an estimated 60 MW of floating solar capacity and will help to fill the gaps left after the 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima nuclear power plant.

These solar projects will follow a similar 70 MW facility that came online in 2013. Also launched by Kyocera, the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant in Southern Japan, this USD 44 million facility consists of 290,000 solar panels spread over 314 acres – approximately the equivalent of 27 baseball stadiums. The electricity that is generated at this facility sells to Kyushu Electric Power Co., the local electric utility company under a national feed-in-tariff program...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2014/09/15/solar-floats-to-the-rescue-in-japan/

Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant in southern Japan

Kyocera, Century Tokyo Leasing, Ciel et Terre Announce Construction of the World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant
September 3, 2014

Kyocera Corporation (President: Goro Yamaguchi; herein “Kyocera”), Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation (President: Shunichi Asada; herein “Century Tokyo Leasing”), and Ciel et Terre International (President: Alexis Gaveau; Japanese subsidiary Ciel Terre Japan K.K. herein “Ciel et Terre”) announced today that they will begin construction this month on the world’s largest floating solar installation.



Kyocera TCL Solar LLC will develop and operate utility-scale floating solar power plants utilizing Ciel et Terre’s Hydrelio© floating solar platforms in two installations, totaling 2.9 megawatts (MW) at Nishihira Pond and Higashihira Pond in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The 1.7MW plant planned at Nishihira Pond will become the world’s largest solar power generating system installed on water.

Features of floating mega solar power plants
1. Generates more electricity than ground-mount and rooftop systems thanks to the cooling effect of the water.
2. Reduces reservoir evaporation and algae growth by shading the water.
3. Ciel et Terre's floating platforms are 100% recyclable, utilizing high-density polyethylene which can withstand ultraviolet rays and corrosion.
4. A strong design and installation technology are used for the floating platforms to ensure durability against typhoons.
http://global.kyocera.com/news/2014/0901_imka.html

Meanwhile, the US announced a new bombing campaign.

Edit: The $5 BILLION DOLLARS doled out to Ukraine by New World Order scam artists like Victoria Nuland could have built a few of these floating solar plants.