Fueled by a real estate boom, golf experienced a meteoric rise in popularity in Japan during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Just under 2,000 golf courses were opened in the space of a few short years, and many have closed down since as interest in the sport waned.
Luckily, electronics and ceramics manufacturer Kyocera has a plan to put all that unused land to good use.
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Kyocera has announced its decision to install a 23-megawatt solar power plant at the site of an abandoned golf course in Kyoto Prefecture.
The plant will provide enough energy to power 8,100 households.
An even larger plant is planned at the former site of a golf course that was abandoned before it even opened, in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Kanoya Osaki Solar Hills Solar Power Plant will supply 92 megawatts and will be one of the largest solar power plants in Japan.
Golf courses are the perfect place to build solar farms. The wide-open spaces receive plenty of sun making them prime real estate for solar panel installation.
For more information about the golf course solar energy plants, visit Kyocera.