Japan's floating 'mega-solar' power plants come online

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Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation confirm trail-blazing reservoir solar projects have been completed

You can easily find solar panels on rooftops, in fields and even on a plane, but now solar technology has found another way to leave firm land in the form of two floating solar farms in Japan. Kyocera...

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