List of offshore wind farms in Japan

This is a list of operational offshore wind farms in Japan.

List
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 FarmHokkaidoVestas V470.621.2Close to shore[1]
Sakata Offshore Wind FarmYamagataVestas V802.08 (3 onshore)16[2]
Wind Power KamisuIbarakiSubaru 802714January 2008[3]Mitsuuroko Green Energy CO[4]Close to shore, survived exposure to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[5][6][7]
Fukushima Floating Wind TurbineFukushimaHitachi212November 201332% cf, 20 km from shore. 66kV floating transformer[8][9][10][11][12]
Noshiro&Akita Akita Vestas 4.2 33 140 December 2022 Marubeni Tohoku Electric Power [13][14]

List of projects
Wind farm project Prefecture Wind turbine model Unit power (MW) No. of Units Total (MW) Commissioning date Developer Owner / operator Coordinates Notes and references
KitakyushuFukuoka44Kyuden MiraiCost 175bn yen ($1.5bn) [15]
Yurihonjo Akita GE 12.6 65 819 2030 Mitsubishi Chubu JPY 12/kWh[16]
Noshiro Akita GE 12.6 38 478 2028 Mitsubishi Chubu JPY 13/kWh[16]
Choshi Chiba GE 12.6 31 390 2028 Mitsubishi JPY 16/kWh[16]

See also

Notes
  1. "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"
  2. "Datasheet for Sakata Offshore Wind Farm". LORC Knowledge. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. 4C Offshore site page, accessed 11 February 2011
  6. "First domestic open sea wind power plant starts operation," Denki Shimbun. July 23, 2010.
  7. Wood, Elisa (2011-05-25). "The Dangers of Energy Generation". Renewable Energy World. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09.
  8. Elaine Kurtenbach. "Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima" The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2013. Accessed: 11 November 2013.
  9. Fukushima Forward pamphlet
  10. "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.
  11. "Japan Industry and Policy News: Offshore Wind Technology". EU-Japan. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24.
  12. 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.
  13. "First Vestas Nacelles Reach Akita Port in Japan". Offshore Wind. 28 December 2021.
  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. "Japanese land $1.5bn offshore gig". reNEWS - Renewable Energy News. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  16. "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.
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