GFO committed to invest US$0.7 million in a solar power PV generation project planned by Oratte Niigata Community Energy Council. This is the first Regional Support Investment made by GFO. The Council was launched in December 2014 to promote the take-up of renewable energy with a focus on the local community, following a study group set up by Niigata City into regional area power generation with the participation of local residents. This project is a small-scale distributed solar PV power generation business, which will use ground sites, the rooftops of local public buildings and private companies, as well as factory rooftops and vacant land in Niigata.