The Japan joint venture has successfully implemented several projects of this kind in the recent past, most recently the Otaki Village solar farm on a former ski slope in Nagano Prefecture, where the 1988 Winter Olympics were held. Currently, the company is constructing the 121-megawatt Pacifico Energy Sanda Mega solar farm in Hyogo Prefecture, located in the Kansai region northwest of Osaka on Honshū Island, also on the site of a former golf course.
More large-scale solar parks in Japan coming
Annual output will be about 143 million kilowatt hours. It is scheduled to go into operation in December 2023. It will then replace the Sano City solar farm as the joint venture's largest single project.
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"We are very pleased to have completed the Sano City project two months before the actual handover date," says Jan Warzecha, Managing Director of Juwi-Shizen Energy. "This underlines our high level of competence, professionalism and experience as a reliable EPC partner."
With the completion of this power plant, Juwi Shizen Energy has now installed a total capacity of 479.4 megawatts in Japan. In addition to building the Sanda Mega solar park with 121 megawatts of capacity, Juwi Shizen Energy is also building the 100-megawatt Azuma Kofuji 1 solar power plant - making it two of Japan's largest solar power plants at present. (hcn)
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