The 231 MW facility will be built in Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture, and will be managed by Setouchi Future Creations LLC. It will incorporate around 446,000 Trina Solar TSM-260PC05A high efficiency modules constructed on 260 hectares of land by Toyo Engineering. The site is a former salt field at Kinkai and the project is expected to reach commercial operations in the second quarter of 2019.
“This sizeable module order in support of the largest solar power project in Japan marks another milestone for Trina Solar in this market” said Zhiguo Zhu, COO and President of Module Business from Trina Solar. “We believe that demand for clean and sustainable energy in Japan will continue to increase and that solar energy will play a key role in the growing diversification of the country's energy mix. Japan is a key market for us where we expect to further deepen our penetration.”
Trina Solar supplies PV modules, solutions and services across the world. The company was founded in 1997 as a PV system integrator. Toyo Engineering Corporation is a major global contractor which has successfully delivered large and complex projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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