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]
Wind farm | Prefecture | Wind turbine model | Unit power (MW) | No. of Units | Total (MW) | Commissioning date | Developer | Owner / operator | Coordinates | Notes and references |
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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 | [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 | [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 | 3km from shore. 180MWh battery.[16] |
Wind farm project | Prefecture | Wind turbine model | Unit power (MW) | No. of Units | Total (MW) | Commissioning date | Developer | Owner / operator | Coordinates | Notes and references |
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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] |