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Solar farm in Japan: a first!

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Equis Energy, Asia‐Pacific’s largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer, has selected Bouygues Energies & Services and Toho Electrical (Toho) to build a 13.7 MW solar project in Noheji, in the north of Japan. A first step for the Group in the country!
Bouygues Energies & Services and Toho will provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for the project, which began construction in April 2017. Xavier Perdereau, Business Development Director of Bouygues Energies & Services and CEO of Bouygues Energies & Services Japan, said, “We are proud of this new success and mark of confidence from Equis’ team. This first reference in Japan represents for Bouygues an important achievement, as the dynamic of renewable energy makes Japan a world‐class leader, where we will bring our engineering and capability to manage turn‐key projects thanks to our strong partnership with Toho Electrical.” Ferme solaire de Negros ©Bouygues Energies & Services Equis has also partnered with Bouygues Energies & Services to build four other photovoltaic facilities in Thailand and the Philippines. In the Philippines, Bouygues Energies & Services built Southeast Asia’s largest solar project, with generation capacity of 132.5 MW. The project supplies approximately 167,526 homes with 188,500 MWh of renewable energy. In Thailand, Bouygues Energies & Services built three solar projects that were commissioned during the first six months of 2014, delivering over 31 MW of generation capacity. The Noheji project is expected to start operating in November 2017 and will generate approximately  14,800 MWh per year, providing clean, safe electricity to 2,800 households, saves 8,155 tons of CO2 as well as 13.9 million liters of water.