A wholly owned Total subsidiary has started construction of its third and largest solar plant in Japan.
Total Solar International is building the 52-Mw capacity Miyagi Osato Solar Park plant at Osato, Miyagi Prefecture.
Start-up is due in 2021. Miyagi Osato Solar Park GK will operate the plant. It’s a special purpose company owned by Total Solar, 90%, and SB Energy Corp., a Japanese subsidiary of SoftBank Group, 10%.
Other Total Solar plants in Japan are Miyako Solar Park, 25 Mw, and Nanao Power Plant, 27 Mw (OGJ Online, June 3, 2019).