Sharp JV begins operation of 41-MW solar park in Fukushima

• Sharp Corp (TYO:6753) announced on Thursday it has actually commenced power generation at the 40.8-MW direct current (DC) Samegawa Aosono Solar Energy Plant in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan.

The photovoltaic or pv (PV) center was developed by Samegawa Energy LLC, a joint venture (JV) between Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation (SESJ) and Fuyo General Lease Co Ltd (TYO:8424).

Situated in Samegawa village, the solar park is to generate some 44 million kWh of clean electrical energy annually, sufficient to satisfy the annual need of 9,200 typical local residences. Accordingly, the plant can counter the matching of 17,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) discharges in a year.

Sharp claimed that the park's output is being marketed under the feed-in toll (FiT) system to Japanese utility TEPCO Energy Partner Inc, a unit of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TYO:9501).