Sonnedix switches on 40MW Japan solar

• Soma PV plant in Fukushima takes group's portfolio in the nation to 400MW

Sonnedix has achieved commercial operation of a 40MW solar plant in Japan.

The Soma solar plant is the ninth large-scale solar project fully managed via the advancement, financing, and building phase by Sonnedix Japan, for the Sonnedix Group.

Soma brings the operating capacity of the Sonnedix Group's Japanese portfolio to 400MW.

Situated in the city of Soma, Fukushima prefecture, the plant is anticipated to create 48,700 megawatt hours of clean power throughout its very first full year of operation.

The electrical power produced by the solar plant will certainly be sold through an 18.5-year plus Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).

" Getting to 400MW operational capacity is a notable landmark in our Japan development method as well as is one that we intend to go beyond very soon," stated Axel Thiemann, CEO of Sonnedix.

" Sonnedix is devoted to the Japanese market; we are proactively looking for chances to increase our global impact as well as push forward the energy shift."

Sonnedix Japan, in behalf of Sonnedix Group, manages a complete capacity that consists of projects unfinished and growth of around 500MW.

Sonnedix Soma stands for the 3rd EPC cooperation with Daiwa House Industry.

The solar plant makes use of Hanwha monocrystalline modules and also TMEIC inverters.

Daiwa House will likewise perform procedures and maintenance solutions for the solar PV plant.