JRE begins construction of 74 MW Shirakawa Solar Park in Fukushima

A 73.9 MW solar power project in Japan has entered construction phase with the Japan Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. (JRE) breaking ground on site in Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture. The company claims this to be the largest solar power plant in Tohoku region.

Shirakawa Solar Park is expected to use close to 184,730 solar panels that would generate a combined 79.7 million kWh clean power capacity annually which will be sold to local utility Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

The project to be spread on around 128 hectares of unused land is expected to come online by the end of December 2021.