BayWa finishes first Japanese solar park

• BayWa RE has completed its first solar park in Japan, the 12MW Kuwabarajo Mega Solar Number 4.

The job covers 24 hectares and is located in Izumi in the Kyushu Kagoshima Prefecture.

The building of the solar ranch, which consists of 31,248 photovoltaic panels as well as lies in a hilly area, took just over a year.

BayWa RE is already busy constructing its second solar farm in Isohara in the Ibaraki prefecture north of Tokyo.

The 35MW job is set to finish in 2021, followed by the 50MW Kobe solar farm in 2022.

BayWa RE Asia-Pacific task supervisor Daniel Gaefke invited the conclusion, adding: "Developing mega-solar projects in Japan is a challenge, given that suitable land for construction is scarce, as well as the authorization process can easily take a few years.

" We are very happy to be contributing in assisting Japan to grow its renewable resource generation and also sustain it as it relocates from a feed-in-tariff market in the direction of a long-term commercial market."

President of BayWa Japan Tetsuya Oura claimed: "It's an interesting time for BayWa RE. in Japan, with the commercial conclusion of the Kuwabarajo Mega Solar No. 4 solar park and also two other solar ranches to follow quickly. As soon as total all three solar farms will certainly deliver near to 100MW of eco-friendly power to regional people.

" Key to our approach has actually been to function carefully with the neighborhood areas around all our projects."

BayWa runs throughout the breadth of the Asia-Pacific area, with offices in Australia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea as well as Taiwan.

Considering that getting in the area in 2015, BayWa RE claimed it has actually delivered over 500MW of renewable energy throughout solar and also wind farm developments and massive industrial as well as industrial installments.