Key facts
- Toho Gas's first U.S. solar power project is in Texas.
- The project enables the Toyota group to claim renewable energy credits.
Toho Gas has invested in a solar power project in the U.S. state of Texas, marking its first venture into U.S. solar energy generation. The deal, announced Friday, will allow the Toyota Motor group to claim credits for using renewable energy. The Aktina Solar Project in Wharton County, Texas, is one of the largest solar projects in the state, with a capacity to generate 500MWac/631MWdc and power up to 100,000 homes. Separately, Toho Gas is also a partner in the Live Oak project, a large-scale facility in Nebraska to produce electric natural gas (e-NG), alongside TotalEnergies, TES, Osaka Gas, and ITOCHU.