Agreement to Build Large Solar Plant in Kumamoto Signed
Tokyo-based Tostem Corp. signed an agreement with Kumamoto Prefecture and the Nagasu-machi municipality to build Kyushu’s largest solar power plant. Construction on the plant, which will have an output capacity of 3,759 kilowatts, is to begin in July. Plans call for operations to begin in February. Roughly 20,000 solar panels will be placed on aluminum platforms on about 119,000 square meters of land.