Iwaki Mega Solar PV Park is a 42.3MW solar PV power project. It is located in Fukushima, Japan. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2017 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in April 2020.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Solar PV 42.3 42.3 Active Fukushima, Japan Pacifico Energy

Description

The project is developed and owned by Pacifico Energy.

Iwaki Mega Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 50 hectares.

The project generates 4.8GWh electricity thereby offsetting 30,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $105.471m.

Development Status

The project construction commenced in 2017 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in April 2020.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Tohoku Electric Power under a power purchase agreement with a contracted capacity is 42MW.

Contractors Involved

Toyo Engineering was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.

Trina Solar was selected as the supplier of PV modules for the project.

Toyo Engineering is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.

Methodology

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