WiredInUSA-November2015

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More solar for Japan

Qu, chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Solar Inc. “The Mashiki solar project is our largest Japanese project to start construction, and represents an important milestone as we continue to make progress developing our high value solar project pipeline in this important market.”

Canadian Solar Inc has signed an agreement with Mashiki Town and Kumamoto Prefecture to build a 47MW solar power plant. Once completed, the Mashiki solar power plant will be the largest solar plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Mashiki plant is expected to start commercial operation in the first quarter of 2017. Powered by Canadian Solar modules, the plant is expected to generate approximately 57,000MWh of solar electricity per year, which will be purchased by Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc under a 20-year feed-in-tariff contract. “We are very pleased to announce this agreement with Mashiki Town and Kumamoto Prefecture,” said Dr Shawn

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