Mitsubishi to add 95MW of Japan PV

Mitsubishi will build three large-scale solar plants in Japan with a combined capacity of 95MW, as the group adds to its investments in renewable energy.

Mitsubishi will work with C-Tech, a unit of Chubu Electric Power, to build a 77MW project in central Aichi prefecture for more than 20bn yen ($220m), the companies say today, confirming news of the project leaked earlier this month. 

C-Tech will primarily handle maintenance and operations for the solar plant, which is scheduled to start operating by March 2015.

It will be located in Tahara, south of prefectural capital Nagoya, where the city government has been promoting the area’s strong insolation to attract investment.

"Given our strategy to expand our businesses in the renewables sector, embarking on this project…

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