SoftBank Tomatoh Abira Solar Park is an 111MW solar PV power project. It is located in Hokkaido, Japan. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 2015.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 111 | 111 | – | Active | Hokkaido, Japan | Mitsui; SB Energy |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Mitsui and SB Energy. The owners have 50% stake in the project respectively.
SoftBank Tomatoh Abira Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 1,660,000 square meters.
The project generates 108,014MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 30,000 households. The project cost is $246.489m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in December 2015.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Hokkaido Electric Power under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.324kWh for a period of 20 years.
Contractors Involved
Toshiba Plant Systems & Services was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 444,024 modules each with 250W of nameplate capacity.
Toshiba Plant Systems & Services is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
About Mitsui
Mitsui & Co Ltd (Mitsui) is a business conglomerate. It distributes, purchases, markets and supplies wide variety of products in business areas including iron and steel; non-ferrous metals; machinery; electronics; chemicals; energy-related commodities; foods & retail, lifestyle, and consumer service. The company also participates in the other activities such as arranging finance for customers and suppliers in connection with its trading activities, organizing and coordinating international industrial projects, participating in financing, and investing arrangements, assisting in the procurement of raw materials and equipment, providing new technologies and processes for manufacturing and coordinating transportation and marketing of finished goods. It operates in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Mitsui is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
About SB Energy
SB Energy Corporation is engaged in generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power.
Methodology
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