On June 23, 2008, Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture, Kansai Electric Power Co. and Sharp Corporation announced an agreement to work together on a Sakai City Waterfront Mega-Solar Power Generation Plan in Japan's Osaka Prefecture. Under this plan, mega solar power generation facilities are scheduled to be constructed in the same district, the total output of which will be about 28 megawatts, with construction getting underway before March 2010. The resulting reduction in carbon emissions is expected to be about 10,000 tons per year.

At "Sakai No. 7-3 District Solar Power Generation Plant" (tentative name), Kansai Electric will build a solar power plant at an industrial waste landfill, and plans to have the plant online in fiscal 2011.

At "Sakai Manufacturing Complex Solar Power Generation Facility (tentative name)," Sharp and Kansai Electric will jointly install solar power facilities on Sharp's and other companies' buildings in the complex, thus providing the complex with power. Thin-film silicon solar cell modules will be produced at a new solar cell production plant scheduled to go online in March 2010. These solar power facilities are planned to be used in March 2011.

Sakai City positions this plan as a pivotal part of its "Cool City Sakai," an initiative to realize a low-carbon metropolis.

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Posted: 2008/10/26 10:49:57 AM

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