Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp. said Thursday it signed an agreement to build three solar power plants near the country's western coast.
Marubeni said it will build and operate three
solar power plants in Niigata Prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
Combined, the facilities would be able to produce 2,700 kilowatts of power.
"Marubeni will construct the
environmentally friendly mega-solar plants by utilizing disused spaces such as
closed school grounds," the company said in a statement.
Marubeni in April started construction at a
solar power plant in Iwanuma City, part of an effort to reclaim land spoiled by
the 2011 tsunami.
Japan began looking to add diversity to its
energy mix when the tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant. The Iwanuma solar facility will have the capacity to
produce 28.3 megawatts of energy.
Electricity from the Niigata facilities will be
feed into the national grid according to a 20-year purchase agreement.
Construction is scheduled from July to December.
Solardaily.com