Kumamoto Mashiki Solar PV Park is a 47.692MW solar PV power project. It is located in Kumamoto, Japan. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in June 2017.

Project Type	Total Capacity (MW)	Active Capacity (MW)	Pipeline Capacity (MW)	Project Status	Project Location	Project Developer
Solar PV	47.692	47.692	–	Active	Kumamoto, Japan	Canadian Solar Projects

Description

The project was developed by Canadian Solar Projects and is currently owned by Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund.

Kumamoto Mashiki Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 638,552.31 square meters.

The project generates 57,000MWh electricity thereby offsetting 29,048t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $105.409m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in June 2017.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Kyushu Electric Power under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.32kWh for a period of 20.00 years, starting from 2017.

Contractors Involved

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

Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 149,958 modules at the site.

Canadian Solar O&M Japan is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.

Methodology

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