Top 25 Operational Solar PV Plants in Japan

# Name Size (MWp) Location Year
1 Oita Solar Power 82.02 Oita City 2014
2 Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant 70 Kagoshima City 2013
3 Tahara Solar-Wind™ Joint Project 50 Tahara City 2014
4 Kisozaki reclaimed land mega-solar 49 Kisosaki Town in Kuwana District, Kuwana City and Yatomi City 2014
5 Softbank Tottori-Yonago Solar Park 42.9 Yonago City 2014
6 Tahara Solar Daini Power Plant 40.7 Tahara City 2015
7 Futtsu Solar 40.36 Futtsu City 2014
8 Tahara Solar Daiichi Power Plant 40.2 Tahara City 2015
9 Mito Newtown Mega Solar Park 39.21 Mito City 2015
10 Awaji Kifune Solar Power Plant (淡路貴船太陽光発電所) 34.7 Awaji City 2014
11 Eurus Shiranuka Solar Park 32.52 Shiranuka District 2014
12 Kamogawa Mirai Solar Power Plant 31.211 Kamogawa City 2015
13 Eurus Toyokoro Solar Park 27.4 Toyokoro Town, Nakagawa District 2015
14 NISSAN Green Energy Farm in Oita 26.54 Oita City 2013
15 Sunny Solar Fukushima Central Plant 26.229 Sukagawa City 2015
16 Hanwha Solar Power Kitsuki 24.47 Kitsuki City 2015
17 Mitsui Fudosan Tomakomai Solar Power Plant 23 Tomakomai City 2014
18 Kyushu Solar Farm 7 Miyama Joint Power Station 22.898 Miyama City 2013
19 SoftBank Kumamoto Arao Solar Park 22.4 Arao City 2015
20 Ashikita Solar Power Plant（Primary・Secondary） 21.52 Ashikita Town, Ashikita District 2014
21 The US Power Plant 21.29 Ube City 2014
22 Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding/Mitsui Fudosan Oita Solar Power Plant 21 Oita City 2015
23 Nippon Paper Mega Solar Komatsushima 21 Komatsushima City 2015
24 Eneseed Hibiki solar power plant 20.5 Kitakyushu City 2014
25 Softbank Omuta Miike Port Solar Park 19.6 Omuta City 2015

1. Oita Solar Power

Size: 82.02 MW
Location: Oita City
Owner: Oita Solar Power Corporation 
Developer: Marubeni Corporation
EPC: Hitachi, Ltd.
O&M: Hitachi, Ltd.
Modules: Hanwha Q CELLS
Inverters: Hitachi, Ltd. 
Operating since: 2014

2. Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant

Size: 70 MW
Location: Kagoshima City
Owner: Kagoshima Mega Solar Power Corporation 
Developer: KYOCERA Corporation (KYOCERA Corporation,KDDI CORPORATION, IHI Corporation, Kyudenko Corporation, THE KAGOSHIMA BANK, LTD., The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd., Takenaka Corporation)
EPC: Kyocera Solar, Inc, Kyudenko Corporation, Takenaka Corporation
O&M: Kyocera Solar, Inc, Kyudenko Corporation
Modules: Kyocera Corporation 
Inverters: SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
Operating since: 2013

3. Tahara Solar-Wind™ Joint Project

Size: 50 MW
Location: Tahara City
Owner: The Trans Value Trust Company.,Ltd
Developer: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., C-Tech Corporation, Toagosei Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Toray Industries, Inc., Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
EPC: Toshiba Corporation
O&M: C-Tech Corporation
Modules: LG Electronics Inc, Kyocera Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Solar Frontier K.K
Inverters: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION（TMEIC）
Operating since: 2014

4. Kisozaki reclaimed land mega-solar

Size: 49 MW
Location: Kisosaki Town in Kuwana District, Kuwana City and Yatomi City
Owner: Kisozaki MegaSolar Corporation
Developer: Marubeni Corporation
EPC: Not Disclosed
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Sharp Corporation, Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited
Inverters: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Operating since: 2014

5. Softbank Tottori-Yonago Solar Park

Size: 42.9 MW
Location: Yonago City
Owner: Tottori-Yonago Solar Park Corporation
Developer: SB Energy Corp., MITSUI & CO., LTD.
EPC: Sharp Corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed 
Modules: Sharp Corporation
Inverters: Not Disclosed
Operating since: 2014

6. Tahara Solar Daini Power Plant

Size: 40.7 MW
Location: Tahara City
Owner: Tahara Solar Co., Ltd.
Developer: C-Tech Corporation, Diamond Solar Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited
EPC: Toshiba plant systems & services corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed 
Modules: Toshiba Corporation
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2015

7. Futtsu Solar

Size: 40.36 MW
Location: Futtsu City
Owner: Futtsu Solar, Inc.
Developer: RENOVA, Inc.
EPC: JGC Corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed 
Modules: Sharp Corporation
Inverters: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Operating since: 2014

8. Tahara Solar Daiichi Power Plant

Size: 40.2 MW
Location: Tahara City
Owner: Tahara Solar Co., Ltd.
Developer: C-Tech Corporation, Diamond Solar Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited
EPC: TOSHIBA PLANT SYSTEMS & SERVICES CORPORATION
O&M: Not Disclosed 
Modules: Toshiba Corporation 
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2015

9. Mito Newtown Mega Solar Park

Size: 39.21 MW
Location: Mito City
Owner: Mito Newtown Mega Solar Park JV
Developer: JRE
EPC: Kajima Corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed 
Modules: Not Disclosed 
Inverters: Not Disclosed 
Operating since: 2015

10. Awaji Kifune Solar Power Plant (淡路貴船太陽光発電所)

Size: 34.7 MW
Location: Awaji City
Owner: Awaji Kifune Solar Power Plant Corporation (株式会社淡路貴船太陽光発電所)
Developer: YORIGAMI MARITIME CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. 
EPC: Kanden Energy Solution Co., Inc.
O&M: Kanden Energy Solution Co., Inc.
Modules: LG Electronics Inc
Inverters: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Operating since: 2014

11. Eurus Shiranuka Solar Park

Size: 32.52 MW
Location: Shiranuka District
Owner: Eurus Energy Shiranuka Corporation (株式会社ユーラスエナジー白糠)
Developer: Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation
EPC: YONDEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Kyocera Corporation
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2014

12. Kamogawa Mirai Solar Power Plant

Size: 31.211 MW
Location: Kamogawa City
Owner: Kamogawa Mirai Solar
Developer: JGC Corporation
EPC: JGC Corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Toshiba Corporation, Kyocera Corporation
Inverters: Not Disclosed
Operating since: 2015

13. Eurus Toyokoro Solar Park

Size: 27.4 MW
Location: Toyokoro Town, Nakagawa District
Owner: Not disclosed
Developer: Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation
EPC: Obayashi Corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: SunPower Corporation
Inverters: Not Disclosed
Operating since: 2015

14. NISSAN Green Energy Farm in Oita

Size: 26.54 MW
Location: Oita City
Owner: JGC Mirai Solar Co., Ltd.
Developer: JGC Corporation
EPC: Consortium (JGC Plant Solutions Co., Ltd., YONDEN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INCORPORATED )
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Sharp Corporation, Solar Frontier K.K
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2013

15. Sunny Solar Fukushima Central Plant

Size: 26.229 MW
Location: Sukagawa City
Owner: Sunny Health Co.,Ltd.
Developer: JFE Engineering Corporation
EPC: JFE Engineering Corporation
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Hanwha Q CELLS
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2015

16. Hanwha Solar Power Kitsuki

Size: 24.47 MW
Location: Kitsuki City
Owner: Hanwha Solar Power Kitsuki
Developer: Hanwha Q CELLS Japan
EPC: Kyudenko Corporation
O&M: Kyudenko Corporation
Modules: Hanwha Q CELLS
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2015

17. Mitsui Fudosan Tomakomai Solar Power Plant

Size: 23 MW
Location: Tomakomai City
Owner: Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd
Developer: Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd
EPC: TOKO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Panasonic Corporation
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2014

18. Kyushu Solar Farm 7 Miyama Joint Power Station

Size: 22.898 MW
Location: Miyama City
Owner: Shibaura Group Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyushu Maintenance Co.,Ltd.
Developer: Shibaura Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (Shibaura Group Holdings Co., Ltd., NEW Gaea Co. Ltd.)
EPC: Shibaura Construction Corporation (芝浦建設株式会社)
O&M: Shibaura Group Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyushu Maintenance Co.,Ltd.
Modules: Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
Inverters: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Operating since: 2013

19. SoftBank Kumamoto Arao Solar Park

Size: 22.4 MW
Location: Arao City
Owner: Kumamoto Arao Solar Park
Developer: SB Energy Corp., MITSUI & CO., LTD.
EPC: Toshiba Corporation
O&M: MITSUI KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Mitsui&Co.Facilities Ltd.
Modules: Toshiba Corporation 
Inverters: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC)
Operating since: 2015

20. Ashikita Solar Power Plant（Primary・Secondary）

Size: 21.52 MW
Location: Ashikita Town, Ashikita District
Owner: OCE ASHIKITA MEGA SOLAR K.K. (OCE Ashikita Mega Solar Corporation)(OCE芦北メガソーラー株式会社)
Developer: Obayashi Corporation
EPC: Obayashi Corporation, Kyudenko Corporation, matsushitagumi Inc.
O&M: OCE ASHIKITA MEGA SOLAR K.K. (OCE Ashikita Mega Solar Corporation) (OCE芦北メガソーラー株式会社), Kyudenko Corporation, matsushitagumi Inc.
Modules: Not Disclosed
Inverters: Not Disclosed
Operating since: 2014

21. The US Power Plant

Size: 21.29 MW
Location: Ube City
Owner: U.S. Power Corporation
Developer: Ube Industries, Ltd., SHOWA SHELL SEKIYU K. K.
EPC: Not Disclosed
O&M: Ube Industries, Ltd.
Modules: Solar Frontier K.K
Inverters: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Operating since: 2014

22. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding/Mitsui Fudosan Oita Solar Power Plant

Size: 21 MW
Location: Oita City
Owner: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd
Developer: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd
EPC: TOKO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
O&M: TOKO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
Modules: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Inverters: TMEIC
Operating since: 2015

23. Nippon Paper Mega Solar Komatsushima

Size: 21 MW
Location: Komatsushima City
Owner: Nippon Paper Mega Solar Komatsushima Limited Liability Company
Developer: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation
EPC: TOSHIBA PLANT SYSTEMS & SERVICES CORPORATION
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Toshiba Corporation
Inverters: Not Disclosed
Operating since: 2015

24. Eneseed Hibiki solar power plant

Size: 20.5 MW
Location: Kitakyushu City
Owner: Eneseed Hibiki Co Ltd
Developer: Eneseed Co Ltd(SAIBUGAS Co.,Ltd.), Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
EPC: NTT FACILITIES, INC.
O&M: Not Disclosed
Modules: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Inverters: TMEIC
Operating since: 2014

25. Softbank Omuta Miike Port Solar Park

Size: 19.6 MW
Location: Omuta City
Owner: Omuta Miikeko Solar Park
Developer: SB Energy Corp., MITSUI & CO., LTD.
EPC: Kyudenko Corporation
O&M: MITSUI KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Mitsui&Co.Facilities Ltd.
Modules: Toshiba Corporation 
Inverters: TMEIC
Operating since: 2015