The
telecoms
firm
presented
its
plans
to
local
officials
on
the
northern
Japanese
island
on
1
July,
but
has
not
yet
received
approval
for
the
project.
The
plants
could
require
500
turbines
and
turn
Softbank
into
the
country’s
biggest
wind-power
operator.
It
is
also
seeking
approval
to
build
a
48MW
wind
project
in
Shimane
prefecture
in
southern
Japan,
a
spokesman
tells
Recharge.
Softbank
has
already
invested
significantly
in
solar
power
after
chief
executive
Masayoshi
Son
declared
his
support
for
a
new
direction
in
energy
supply
in
Japan
following
the
Fukushima…
