TEPCO Commissions 7,000-kW Solar Power Plant in Japan
August 17th, 2011 | by Nicholas Brown
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has commissioned a 7-MW (7,000-kw or 7-million-watt) photovoltaic (solar panels) solar power plant in Tokyo Bay, Japan, which is to generate enough electricity to power 2,100 homes and is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3,100 tons per year. This assumes that the homes require an average of 3.3 kW of power, which is a very common average in developed countries


