Canadian Solar achieves commercial operation on 53.4 MW Oita Hiji Machi solar project on Kyushu Island

Canadian Solar Inc. has reached commercial operation on a 53.4 MWp solar power plant in Japan.

The Oita Hiji Machi solar project achieved commercial operation on October 31, 2019 and is powered by 160,308 Canadian SolarMaxPower modules.

The plant is expected to generate approximately 61,587 MWh of clean, solar electricity per year, which will be purchased by Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc. under a 20-year feed-in-tariff contract at the rate of JPY40.0 (US$0.37) per kWh.