List of offshore wind farms in Japan

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This is a list of offshore wind farms in Japan. Japan intends to announce winners of a second contract round for 1.8 GW of capacity in March 2024.[1]

Operational

Wind farm Prefecture Wind turbine model Unit power (MW) No. of Units Total (MW) Commissioning date Developer Owner / operator Coordinates Notes and references
Setana Wind Farm Hokkaido Vestas V47 0.6 2 1.2 Close to shore[2]
Sakata Offshore Wind Farm Yamagata Vestas V80 2.0 8 (3 onshore) 16 [3]
Wind Power Kamisu Ibaraki Subaru 80 2 7 14 January 2008[4] Mitsuuroko Green Energy CO[5] Close to shore, survived exposure to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[6][7][8]
Fukushima Floating Wind Turbine Fukushima Hitachi 2 1 2 November 2013 32% cf, 20 km from shore. 66kV floating transformer[9][10][11][12][13]
Noshiro Port Akita Vestas 4.2 20 84 December 2022 Marubeni Tohoku Electric Power 40°12′58.94″N 139°59′59.83″E / 40.2163722°N 139.9999528°E / 40.2163722; 139.9999528 [14]
Akita Port Akita Vestas 4.2 13 55 December 2022 Marubeni Tohoku Electric Power 39°45′34.25″N 140°2′33.95″E / 39.7595139°N 140.0427639°E / 39.7595139; 140.0427639 [15]
Ishikari Bay Hokkaido Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD 8.0 14 112 2023 Pattern Energy JERA & NTT Anode Energy 43°20′N 141°7′E / 43.333°N 141.117°E / 43.333; 141.117 3km from shore. 180MWh battery.[16]

Planned

Wind farm project Prefecture Wind turbine model Unit power (MW) No. of Units Total (MW) Commissioning date Developer Owner / operator Coordinates Notes and references
Kitakyushu Fukuoka 44 Kyuden Mirai Cost 175bn yen ($1.5bn) [17]
Yurihonjo Akita GE 12.6 65 819 2030 Mitsubishi Chubu JPY 12/kWh[18]
Noshiro Akita GE 12.6 38 478 2028 Mitsubishi Chubu JPY 13/kWh[18]
Choshi Chiba GE 12.6 31 390 2028 Mitsubishi JPY 16/kWh[18]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "How will Japan reach its ambitious goal in offshore wind energy?". Reuters. November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Offshore wind farms planned," Japan Times, May 9, 2010; retrieved 13 Dec 2010; Kawasaki Heavy Industries, "Japan’s First Offshore Wind Power System Delivered to Hokkaido"
  3. ^ "Datasheet for Sakata Offshore Wind Farm". LORC Knowledge. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  4. ^ "神栖風力発電所｜発電所のご紹介｜会社情報｜ミツウロコグリーンエネルギー株式会社". 2021-07-15. Archived from the original on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  5. ^ "発電所のご紹介｜会社情報｜ミツウロコグリーンエネルギー株式会社". www.mitsuurokogreenenergy.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  6. ^ 4C Offshore site page, accessed 11 February 2011
  7. ^ "First domestic open sea wind power plant starts operation," Denki Shimbun. July 23, 2010. [dead link‍]
  8. ^ Wood, Elisa (2011-05-25). "The Dangers of Energy Generation". Renewable Energy World. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09.
  9. ^ Elaine Kurtenbach. "Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima" The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2013. Accessed: 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ Fukushima Forward pamphlet
  11. ^ "Fukushima wind turbine, symbol of Tohoku earthquake recovery, to be removed due to high maintenance costs". The Japan Times Online. 27 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05.
  12. ^ "Japan Industry and Policy News: Offshore Wind Technology". EU-Japan. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24.
  13. ^ Radtke, Katrin (2018-08-10). "Setback for Japanese Offshore Wind Efforts | windfair". w3.windfair.net. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  14. ^ Lee, Andrew (23 December 2022). "New era for Japanese sea power as first large-scale offshore wind farm enters service | Recharge". Recharge | Latest renewable energy news.
  15. ^ "First Vestas Nacelles Reach Akita Port in Japan". Offshore Wind. 28 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Japan's 112MW Offshore Wind Farm Comes Online". Offshore Engineer Magazine. 4 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Japanese land $1.5bn offshore gig". reNEWS - Renewable Energy News. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  18. ^ a b c "Japan selects winners in tender for 1.7 GW of offshore wind". Renewablesnow.com. 27 December 2021. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021.