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[edit]

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 / 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[edit]

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]

## See also[edit]

* Japan portal
* Weather portal
* Renewable energy portal

* Wind power in Japan
* List of wind farms
* List of offshore wind farms
* Lists of offshore wind farms by country
* Wind power

## Notes[edit]

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.