Kyocera Corp. and partners will build a 15MW solar power plant in the western prefecture of Hyogo.
Kyocera will supply 55,000 solar panels for the plant, which will start running in November 2016, the Kyoto-based company said in an e-mailed statement Friday.
Century Tokyo Leasing Corp., Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc. and Yonden Engineering Co. will take part, according to the statement.