12 Oct '12, 12pm

Solar Energy Systems Approvals Surge Following Launch of Japan’s Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff

Indicative of the surging interest and investment in Japan’s renewable energy market, Softbank, Japan’s third-largest mobile phone company announced plans to build a massive wind farm in northern Japan that would make it the country’s largest provider of wind power. The planned 500-wind turbine facility on Hokkaido island is to produce as 1 gigawatt (GW) or clean renewable power, according to a Bloomberg News report. Softbank and Mitsui Co. also plan to build the country’s largest solar power plant

Full article: http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/12/solar-energy-systems-...

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