Large-scale solar power takes off in Japan

TOSHIBA CORP is entering Japan´s burgeoning renewables market with one of the country´s largest solar projects, in the tsunami-hit city of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture. The industrial giant and the city authorities will jointly invest $380m to build mega solar power plants as part of the reconstruction of the city, which was severely damaged by the earthquake-triggered tsunami in March 2011.