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special measures to purchase electricity generated by renewable energy will
start coming July. This action prompted capital-rich companies, such as
generation trading companies, to invest in the renewable energy business.
Marubeni, one of Japan’s leading trading companies, will build more than 20
small-scale hydraulic power plants across the country by 2020. The small-scale
hydraulic power plant generates electricity using water stream of rivers and irrigation
channels. Blessed with many mountainous areas and much rainfall, Japan has
abundant number of places suitable for small-scale hydraulic power generation.
The
company started the operation of the three plants in the Kanto district on
April 25 to make the total number six. The three plants inaugurated on 25th
were built jointly by the local government and Mibugawa Power Company that is
Marubeni’s wholly-owned subsidiary. The three plants have a combined generation
capacity of 650 kW. The small-scale hydraulic power plant invites a wide
attention as an environmentally-friendly generation system. In addition, unlike
photovoltaic generation, it can generate electricity for 24 hours.
A small-scale hydraulic power plant using agricultural water
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