The 70MW Nanatsujima solar plant — built on 1.27sq km of reclaimed land jutting into Kagoshima Bay, across from an active volcano — may be the largest PV array in Japan, but it was primarily built by Kyocera to establish itself as a total-solutions provider.

With nearly four decades of experience in solar production, the Kyoto-based company has been at the forefront of Japan’s explosive PV roll-out since the feed-in tariff (FIT) was introduced 18 months ago.