KYOCERA and 7 Other Companies Announce Progress of Development Plan for Max. 480-Megawatt Solar Power Project
24 Januar 2018 - 2:07PM
Business Wire
Companies exploring plan to construct and
operate solar power project located on agricultural land on Ukujima
island, Nagasaki, Japan
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) Kyudenko Corporation,
and Mizuho Bank, Limited which have been jointly investigating the
possibility of operating a maximum 480-megawatt (MW) solar power
project on the island of Ukujima (Sasebo City, Nagasaki Pref.,
Japan) since June 2014, have announced that the project has entered
a new phase with the inclusion of five other participants: SPCG
Public Company Limited, Tokyo Century Corporation, Furukawa
Electric Company Limited, Tsuboi Corporation, and The Eighteenth
Bank Limited.
Photovolt Development Partners GmbH (hereafter “PVDP”) began
planning the solar power project in April 2013 with the aim of
helping to contribute to environmental protection and economic
revitalization on the remote island. It has been agreed that the
feed-in tariff (FIT) rights would be transferred from PVDP to the
newly established special purpose company named “Ukujima Future
Energy Holdings G.K.,” and it will restart as a new project.
Approximately 200 billion yen (approx. USD1.80 billion*1) in
investment is planned for the project, with a goal of starting
construction in FY2019 (fiscal year ending March 2019). The project
plans to utilize approximately 1,650,000 Kyocera high-output
multicrystalline silicon solar modules to create a 480MW system
that would generate an estimated 515,000MWh per year. By
constructing a 64-kilometer undersea cable between Ukujima and the
island of Kyushu, all power produced from the project will be sold
to the local utility company, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.,
based on the national FIT program for renewable energy.
Under the plan, a land management company would lease
agricultural land or deserted arable land on the island from
respective owners to then be subleased to a special purpose company
named “Ukujima Future Energy G.K.” — a subsidiary of the Ukujima
Future Energy Holdings G.K., to construct and operate the solar
power systems. In this project, some of the solar systems would be
constructed on stilts, allowing the land to be concurrently
utilized for both power generation and agriculture.
In concurrence with the benefits of this project entering its
next phase, Kyocera, Kyudenko, SPCG, Tokyo Century, Furukawa
Electric, Tsuboi, Mizuho Bank and The Eighteenth Bank will continue
to explore the project with the aim to achieve an environmentally
friendly business model using solar power, while contributing to
the development of the island’s agricultural base. As one of the
participants of this project, SPCG is Thailand’s leading solar
power project developers operating 36 solar power plants totaling
260MW on a land area of 2,000 acres, and the company has been
collaborating with Kyocera since 2009.
The companies involved will work with the Nagasaki prefectural
government, the city of Sasebo and authorities in the community to
investigate the most appropriate business model and ensure that
environment protection is considered in the selection of sites and
construction of the solar power systems.
Project Overview
Project name Ukujima Mega Solar Project (tentative name)
Participant companies
(planned)
Kyudenko Corporation; Kyocera Corporation; SPCG Public Company
Limited; Tokyo Century Corporation; Furukawa Electric Company
Limited; Tsuboi Corporation; Mizuho Bank, Limited; The Eighteenth
Bank Limited Power output
480MW
*The power produced from the project will
be sold to the local utility company, Kyushu Electric Power Co.,
Inc.
Annual power generation
(estimated)
515,000MWh
Equivalent to roughly 173,000 typical
households*2
Annual CO2 reduction Roughly 274,750t*3 Construction site (planned)
Ukujima, Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (island area:
approx. 24,930,000m2; population: approx. 2,000) Investment Approx.
200 billion yen (planned) Start of construction FY2019 (fiscal year
ending March 2019)
*1 For the reader’s convenience, based on an exchange rate of
JPY111 = USD1 (as of January 11, 2018).*2 Based on an average
annual use of 2,973.6kWh per household. Source: Japan Atomic Energy
Relations Organization*3 Based on calculations derived from
standards created by JPEA.
For more information about the Ukujima Mega Solar
Project:
https://global.kyocera.com/news/2018/1004_psij.html
About KYOCERA
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971)
(http://global.kyocera.com/), the parent and global headquarters of
the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine
ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”). By combining these
engineered materials with metals and integrating them with other
technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of electronic
devices, semiconductor packages, printers, copiers, mobile phones,
solar power generating systems, cutting tools and industrial
components. During the year ended March 31, 2017, the company’s
consolidated net sales totaled 1.42 trillion yen (approx. USD12.7
billion). Kyocera appears on the “Top 100 Global Innovators” list
by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #522 on Forbes magazine’s 2017
“Global 2000” list of the world’s largest publicly traded
companies.
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