Electric utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) will sell a 20% stake in its subsidiary Euras Energy Holdings to trading firm Toyota Tsusho for 20bn yen ($263bn).
The transaction, which will be made in January, is part of Tepco’s effort to raise funds for compensation payments in connection with the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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The asset sale will replace Tepco as the majority shareholder of the firm, in which Toyota Tsusho currently holds a 40% stake.
Euras Energy has 21 wind power plants with a total capacity of around 520,000kW in Japan, reports mdnnews.
