The company is working with a range of module suppliers, including Solar Frontier and Sharp, spokesperson Atsushi Horii told Recharge, without giving further details.

Orix will complete several projects this year, including a 5.7MW plant in Ibaraki prefecture and a 2.1MW installation in Fukushima prefecture in October.

A number of its projects will come online next year, including three sites on the northern island of Hokkaido with a combined capacity of 49.4MW.

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