OREANDA-NEWS. October 25, 2011. Sojitz Corporation launched a mega-solar independent power provider (IPP) business in Mixdorf, Germany approximately 100 km south of the German capital Berlin. Total project costs are approximately 55 million euro (6.1 billion yen).

The project has a total generating capacity of 24 MW, making it one of Germany’s largest solar power businesses. Sojitz has been operating a solar power business with a 3 MW annual generating capacity in Betzweiler in southern Germany since 2010. The Mixdorf project is Sojitz’s second in Germany.