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SoftBank invests in wind farm
Wind farm will have a capacity of 48 megawatts.
SB Energy, the renewable energy unit of SoftBank Corporation, and Mitsui & Company, a major Japanese trading company, will join Green Power Investment Corporation to build the wind farm in western Japan.
Construction of the wind farm in Shimane prefecture will begin this month. Operations are expected to start March 2016.
This will be the first wind power project for SB Energy, which has been developing solar stations in Japan. SB Energy has a 47.8 percent stake in Green Power.