Japan's Eneos to build 8.5-MW solar plant at refinery

• Japanese oil business Eneos Corp, a unit of Eneos Holdings Inc (TYO:5020), is readied to start to building and construction of an 8.5-MW photovoltaic or pv (PV) plant in Wakayama prefecture.

The project will be understood on extra land of among its refineries in Arida municipality which will be closed down next year, Eneos said on Monday.

Eneos, which aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2040, is planning to place the PV park right into operation in August 2023.

The firm noted it currently has a total domestic green generation capacity of 663 MW, consisting of the capacity it has on projects from Japan Renewable Energy (JRE) as of end-June 2022. Solar energy represent the bulk of the portfolio with 486 MW. Onshore wind parks add 86 MW and also 91 MW come from biomass-fired plants.