Hitachi & Toshiba Each Win 20,000 kW PV Plant Contracts From TEPCO

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Hitachi Ltd. and Toshiba Corp., two major Japanese electronics manufacturers, announced on November 30, 2009, that they each received an order for a mega-solar generation system from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). TEPCO, jointly with Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is preparing to construct two solar power plants with a total output of about 20,000 kilowatts in the waterfront area of Kawasaki City. The construction work starts in February 2010 and plant operations are scheduled to start in FY 2011. The plants will be the largest-scale photovoltaic power plants in Japan. For details, refer to the JFS article listed below.

Hitachi, is to construct the Ogishima Solar Generation Plant (tentative name) with an output of 13,000 kilowatts, in Ogishima, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City, and Toshiba is to construct the Ukishima Solar Generation Plant (tentative name) with an output of 7,000 kilowatts in Ukishima-cho, Kawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City. By accepting the orders for designing, procuring, manufacturing, installing and testing the plants, both companies intend to utilize various technologies, such as power conditioners that convert DC power generated by PV modules into AC power, as well as specifically developed devices and systems, and specialist know-how.

The total amount of electricity annually produced by the two plants will be approximately 21 million kilowatt hours (kWh), which is equivalent to the amount of electricity annually consumed by about 5,900 ordinary households. It is expected that annual carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 8,900 tons as a result of this initiative.

Japan's Largest-scale Photovoltaic Power Plants to be Constructed in Waterfront Area, Kawasaki (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/ja/pages/029752.html

Posted: 2010/03/10 06:00:15 AM