The U.S. and Japan recently announced a plan to establish the largest natural gas generation facility in the world in Portsmouth as part of a recent trade deal between the nations.
While information regarding the site is limited, the U.S. Department of Commerce released a fact sheet Feb. 17, including a few details about the coming facility. According to the fact sheet, the facility will be operated by SB Energy, a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based SoftBank Group, and will generate 9.2 gigawatts of power, the largest in the world.
“The announcement of this plan is the biggest news we’ve had since the 1950s as you can imagine,” Lisa Carver, executive director of the Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, said. “We are a community of small manufacturers; our main industry is healthcare and government, those are our major employers, so this announcement is huge for us.”…