Kyoto-based Kyocera supplied 290,000 modules for the ¥27bn ($274.7m) project.
The plant started operations during the last few days via a special-purpose company (SPC) established by Kyocera and six partners, in what it is hailing as a “new business model for utility-scale solar power generation”.
The project company also includes telecoms group KDDI, Kagoshima Bank, Bank of Kyoto, Takenaka, and IHI, which owns the land.
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