Sakuto Solar PV Park is a 257.74MW solar PV power project. It is located in Okayama, Japan. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 2019.

Project Type	Total Capacity (MW)	Active Capacity (MW)	Pipeline Capacity (MW)	Project Status	Project Location	Project Developer
Solar PV	257.74	257.74	–	Active	Okayama, Japan	Pacifico Energy

Description

The project is developed and owned by Pacifico Energy.

Sakuto Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 400 hectares.

The project generates 290,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 81,000 households, offsetting 200,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $675.612m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in December 2019.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to The Chugoku Electric Power under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.281kWh for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 150MW.

Contractors Involved

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

Trina Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company supplied modules with rated capacity of 340W.

The inverters were procured from Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems (China) for the project.

Asahi Dengyo e.c.co is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.

Methodology

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