A beach littered with tsunami barriers, wreckages of cars and other debris is seen at the coastal area of the evacuated town of Namie, with cranes and chimneys of the crippled Daiichi nuclear power plant in the background, in Fukushima prefecture in this September 23, 2013 file photograph. To match Special Report FUKUSHIMA-WORKERS/ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/Files (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS)

Japan has launched its largest 70 megawatt (MW) capable solar power plant, two years after radiation problems have gone overboard at the Fukushima power plant which was crippled by a tsunami in March 2011, following a magnitude 9 earthquake.

Kyocera Corporation started on Nov 1 the operations of the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant, located in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan.

The solar power plant, the company said, can provide electricity to an average of 22,000 homes in Japan.

Xinhua said the Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Plant was built in the centre of an industrial zone in southern Kagoshima City. The latter is one of few areas in Japan the sun is abundantly present at around 40 days.

Japan, which has closed all of its 50 nuclear power plants following the Fukushima disaster, now wants to broaden its energy mix by advancing its renewable energy sector.

Japan's $270 million Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Plant covers an area of approximately 1.27 million square metres. It has 290,000 solar panels. Kyocera started building the solar park in September 2012.

"We would like to contribute to new development and improvement for human societies through a new type of energy production from Kagoshima, the place where many courageous samurai challenged the ancient political and social regime in the 1860s to reform the country," Nobuo Kitamura, the plant's president, said at the plant's opening ceremony.

Mr Kitamura likewise hoped the project will help "foster a deeper understanding of renewable energy and further facilitate a low-carbon society."

Kyocera built the plant along with other venture partners KDDI Corp, IHI Corp, Kyudenko Corp, Bank of Kyoto Ltd, Kagoshima Bank Ltd, and Takenaka Corp. Kyocera is the largest shareholder.