Nishigo Solar PV Park is a 44MW solar PV power project. It is located in Fukushima, Japan. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in January 2020.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 44 | 44 | – | Active | Fukushima, Japan | Fukushima Mirai Kenkyu-kai; Japan Renewable Energy; Shinobuyama Fukushima Power |
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Description
The project is developed by Fukushima Mirai Kenkyu-kai, Japan Renewable Energy and Shinobuyama Fukushima Power. These companies also have ownership stakes in the project.
Nishigo Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 50 hectares.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 13,200 households, offsetting 26,300t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $115.354m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in January 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 29MW.
Contractors Involved
COMSYS Holdings was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Solar Frontier was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 251,520 modules at the site.
About Japan Renewable Energy
Japan Renewable Energy Corp (JRE) is a renewable energy company. It develops wind, solar, biomass, and natural energy-based power generation plants. The company’s service offerings include planning, designing, preliminary surveys, materials procurement and sales, civil engineering, construction, operation and maintenance, work inspection and electric power sales. JRE serves project developers, corporates, EPC organizations and end users in the public and private sectors. The company has operations in Hokkaido, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Tohoku, Chugoku and Shikoku provinces in Japan. JRE is headquartered in Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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