Sanko Real Estate Selects Solar Frontier, Chiyoda as Partners in “Ise Futami Megasolar Hikari no Machi” Project
Solar Frontier, Japan: Sanko Real Estate, Chiyoda Corporation, and Solar Frontier have announced that they will partner in a utility-scale solar power plant, “Ise Futami Megasolar Hikari no Machi,” to be built in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Sanko Real Estate will operate the power plant, Solar Frontier will supply its CIS thin-film solar modules, and Chiyoda will construct the solar power plant. Construction will begin in December, 2012, and operations are slated to begin sometime around the spring of 2013. Sanko Real Estate selected Solar Frontier as a partner in this project because of the power generation and environmental performance of Solar Frontier’s CIS thin-film solar modules, and selected Chiyoda as a partner because of its experience in the construction of megawatt-scale solar power plants. (Source http://www.solar-frontier.com/eng/news/2012/C013964.html)