Mott MacDonald has been appointed owner’s engineer by Pacifico Energy on the 257.7MW Sakuto solar project in Mimasaka-shi in Japan.
The consultancy has already acted as owner’s engineer during Sakuto’s development phase.
It was responsible for providing solar resource and plant performance assessments, drafting plant test procedures, supporting engineering, procurement and construction contract negotiations and reviewing designs.
During construction, Mott MacDonald will be on site full-time to supervise the civil, electrical, structural and instrumentation system implementation work.
It will also review all document submissions and detailed plant designs according to local codes and international practice for solar projects.
Sakuto is the largest solar scheme under construction in Japan to date and is expected to come online in autumn 2019.
The project will sell electricity for a 20-year period to the Chugoku Electric Power Company.
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