LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd. announced the overview of a mega (large scale) solar power plant that it will build in Hokkaido, Japan, at the 7th Int'l Smart Grid Expo, which took place from March 1 to 3, 2017. The plant, which will have an output of about 28MW (total solar panel capacity: 39MW), will be equipped with a large size rechargeable battery with a capacity of about 14MWh. About 130,000 solar panels will be set up on about 1,080,000m2 of land. The ceremony for the plant was performed April 20, 2016, and the plant is scheduled to be completed in July 2017. A special measure was employed so that construction work can be done even during the snowy season.