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Nippon Parking Development completes small-scale woody biomass power plant at former Hotaka ski resort site in Katashina

Nippon Parking Development Co., Ltd.Katashina village, GunmaPublished Jul 30, 2026

InvestmentNot disclosed

PhaseCompleted

Start—

CompletionJul 20, 2026

Nippon Parking Development and subsidiary Smart Green Energy completed Japan's first woody biomass power plant built on a former ski resort site in Katashina village, Gunma Prefecture. The facility, commissioned July 20, 2026, will supply electricity generated from local wood waste primarily to municipal public facilities, demonstrating a regional energy circulation and decarbonization model combining renewable energy with rural regeneration.

Project facts

Owner: Nippon Parking Development Co., Ltd.
Listing: 2353 Tokyo
Facility: Power plant
Sector: Power & energy
Location: Katashina village, Gunma, Japan
Investment: Not disclosed
Completion: Jul 20, 2026
Announced: Jul 29, 2026
Themes: renewable-energy, reshoring

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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