The Iwanuma city government plans to build a mega solar power plant on farmland rendered useless by salt damage and subsidence as a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The plant, which would be one of the largest of its kind in Japan, would generate 15,000 kilowatts of electricity.
A contractor will be selected later this month and work on the plant is expected to begin in July. Construction is expected to cost more than 5 billion yen and the city hopes to start operating the plant next year. (Yomiuri)
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