Orix Corporation, a financial services company based in Tokyo, Japan, has entered into a strategic partnership with Kyudenko Corporation to jointly launch a “mega-solar” power generation business on the Japanese island of Kyushu.
Under this new business, the companies will develop an 8.5MW “mega-solar” plant on the former site of Makurazaki Airport in Makurazaki City in the Kagoshima Prefecture. The project represents the first time that a solar operation will be built on a former airport site in Japan.
The 8.5MW project will cover a site area of 129,000 square metres and will be equipped with approximately 53,480 PV modules. These modules are expected to help to generate around 9.9 million kWh every year when it becomes operational in March 2014.
