US renewables developer and investor Solariant Capital LLC introduced on Friday that it’s going to promote a majority stake in its 50-MW Tahara biomass energy challenge in Japan’s Aichi prefecture to a consortium of Japanese firms.

The group that’s buying the challenge contains Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd (TYO:1662), often known as JAPEX, in addition to Shizuoka Fuel & Energy Co Ltd, Tokyo Vitality & Methods Inc (TYO:1945), Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha Ltd (TYO:9179), Daiichi Jitsugyo Co Ltd (TYO:8059) and Iwatani Company (TYO:8088).

The biomass energy facility, which is able to run on wooden pellets, is deliberate to be constructed within the coastal space of Tahara Metropolis. The consortium has already closed financing for the challenge and expects to start development in October 2022. Industrial operation is scheduled to start out in April 2025.

Solariant stated it’s going to preserve a minority curiosity within the challenge firm, known as Tahara Bio-power LLC.

In February, the Pasadena, California-based agency introduced the same take care of one other Japanese consortium for the 52.7-MWp biomass-fired energy plant challenge in Hiroshima.