Japanese PV developerWest Holdings started building the ¥400m ($4m) project with Ciel et Terre aboutsix months ago, a spokesperson for the Hiroshima-based company tellsRecharge.
Chinese PV manufacturerJA Solar supplied around 4,530 of its 260W solar modules for the project,located in the city of Okegawa, north of Tokyo.
The site will generateenough electricity per year to supply roughly 400 homes. The electricity willbe sold to regional utility Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) under Japan’sfeed-in tariff (FIT) system. In