Oct 8, 2019 – Total Solar International, a wholly owned subsidiary of French energy company Total dedicated to utility-scale solar plants, announced the start of the construction of the 52 MW Miyagi Osato Solar Park in Japan.
The Miyagi Osato Solar Park PV solar power plant with a capacity of 52 MW will be constructed in Osato, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The plant is designed to fully meet Japan’s stringent earthquake-resistant building standards. The facility will be equipped with around 116,000 SunPower Maxeon solar panels.
The plant will be operated by Miyagi Osato Solar Park, a special purpose company, majority-owned by Total Solar International (90%), alongside SB Energy (10%), a Japanese subsidiary of SoftBank Group.
The project has achieved financial close.
Construction of the plant started in October 2019. The facility is expected to start up in 2021.
Other renewable projects
- Koudia Al Baida — onshore wind farm — 50 MW, Morocco, 2000
- Hywind Tampen – floating offshore wind farm – 88 MW, Norway, 2022
- Choshi — offshore wind farm — Japan
- Grigoryevskaya — solar power plant (PV) — 10 MW, Russia, 2019
- Nizhne-Bureiskaya – hydropower plant, 320 MW, 2019 + solar (PV) power plant, 1.3 MW, 2019 – Russia
