SoftBank’s 111MW Solar Station to Start Running in North Japan

(Bloomberg) — A 111-megawatt solar power station will
start running in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, a unit of
SoftBank Group Corp. and Mitsui & Co. said in a statement.

The plant will begin commercial operations Dec. 1, and will
produce enough electricity to power 30,000 homes annually,
according to the statement.

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Chisaki Watanabe in Tokyo at cwatanabe5@bloomberg.net

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Reed Landberg at landberg@bloomberg.net
Iain Wilson

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