Abandoned golf courses in Japan to become solar farms

With a goal to double the amount of its renewable energy power sources by 2030, Japan has begun to transform abandoned golf courses into massive solar plants. Kyocera, a company known for its floating solar plants, has started construction on a 23-megawatt solar plant on an old golf course in the Kyoto prefecture (to be operational in 2017). It will generate a little over 26,000 megawatt hours per year, or enough electricity to power approximately 8,100 typical local households. The electricity will be sold to a local utility. The company also plans to break ground on a similar, 92-megawatt plant in the Kagoshima prefecture next year. Pacifico Energy too with the help of GE Energy Financial Services, is overseeing two solar plant golf course projects in the Okayama prefecture.

http://www.archdaily.com/771647/japans-abandoned-gold-courses-get-second-life-as-solar-farms

By: Betterinteriors