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  • New Energy Hub to Boost Ties Between Scotland, Japan

    6 July 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    A new hub to allow Scottish companies to access the burgeoning renewable energy market in Japan was officially launched last week by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop during a visit to Nagasaki. The centre, called ‘Scotland House’, will be based at the Nagasaki Dejima Incubator (D-FLAG) in the south East of […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts at Japan’s First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    27 April 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wind farm installation vessel Seajacks Zaratan has arrived at Akita Port in Japan and is scheduled to begin offshore foundation installation work on the Akita Noshiro wind farm on Wednesday, 28 April. The installation work is part of the construction of the bottom-fixed offshore wind farms at Akita Port and Noshiro Port and the onshore […]

  • ABB, Hitachi to Enter Joint Venture for HVDC System Solutions

    16 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    ABB and Hitachi have announced an agreement to form a joint venture for high voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan. The new entity, to be based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply and after-sales services related to the DC system of HVDC projects bringing ABB’s latest technologies to the […]

  • Japan Launches First Fixed Bottom Offshore Wind Auction

    30 November 2020
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The government of Japan has launched its first-ever auction for fixed bottom offshore wind projects within the country’s General Common Sea Area. The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) opened the auction for applications on 27 November. The tender will remain open until 27 […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Charters NYK Line CTV for Japanese Offshore Wind Project

    16 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has concluded a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind project in Japan. The CTV will be owned by NYK and managed by Hokkaido-based Hokuyo Kaiun, an NYK Group company. The vessel will be […]

  • EMEC to Attend GRE & AWTEC Next Week

    28 July 2014

    EMEC is exhibiting at the Grand Renewable Energy (GRE) International Conference & Exhibition 2014 in Tokyo, Japan, next week. The GRE Conference is being held jointly with the 2nd Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC). Oliver Wragg (Commercial Director) and Allan Davidson (Director Asia) will be attending the conference. AWTEC focuses on wave and […]

  • Vissim to Deliver Marine Management Kit for Japanese Offshore Wind Project

    17 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Vissim AS has secured a contract to provide the marine communication and management system for the Akita Noshiro offshore wind project in Japan. Vissim will deliver the licensing, radar, AIS, radio communication systems, as well as integrated marine management software. “Vissim has experience of delivering systems across the world, and we are excited to build […]

  • K2 Management Hired as Technical Advisor on Japan’s First Commercial Scale Floating Wind Farm

    8 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    K2 Management has been hired as technical advisor on the Goto floating wind farm in Japan, the country’s first commercial scale floating wind farm. The Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC Consortium – comprising Toda Corporation, Eneos Corporation, Osaka Gas, Inpex Corporation, Kansai Electric Power, and Chubu Electric Power – was selected last year as the […]

  • Japan: Cabinet Greenlights More Room for Offshore Wind

    15 March 2018
    Authorities

    On 9 March, the Cabinet of Japan decided on a bill to establish basic rules for development of offshore wind power in the general common sea area, and will now submit the draft legislation to the National Diet. 

  • Top News of the Week Nov 11 – 17, 2013

    17 November 2013

    Germany: Hochtief Plans to Sell Offshore Division German construction group Hochtief is very likely to sell its offshore division, according to German newspaper Wirtschaftswoche and the Handelsblatt. VIDEO: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Power Project Japan is speeding up with the development of its floating offshore wind projects, in an aim to move away from nuclear […]

  • MOL Offshore Wind Projects Receive Japanese Government Support

    9 February 2023
    Business development, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Two Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) projects have been selected in a public offering for subsidised projects in the Offshore Wind Power Human Resource Development Project administered by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. The first project is constructing a training facility in Kitakyushu and the […]

  • The Switch and Yaskawa Team Up

    2 October 2013

    The Switch, supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, and YASKAWA Electric Corporation (“YASKAWA”), a global manufacturer of servomotors, controllers, inverters, and industrial robots, announced they will enter into a strategic cooperation on high-power motors, generators and converters. By combining forces, the two companies […]

  • First Subsea Connects Fukushima Floating Wind Farm Wires

    6 January 2015
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has supplied cable connectors for the second phase of the Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration, offshore Japan. Two First Subsea connectors have been used to connect 22kV cables to the facility’s floating 66kV power substation, in preparation for the arrival of a 7MW wind turbine in Phase 3, and […]

  • Fukushima Hamakaze Spar Tilts Back Into Position

    17 May 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The advanced spar floating foundation built to support the 5MW Fukushima Hamakaze structure off Japan has recovered stability after it tilted while under tow in Osaka Bay last week. The advanced spar floater was en route from Hitachi-Zosen’s dockyard in Sakai to the Sumoto port when it tilted due to an uncontrolled water ingress during the planned […]

  • JERA Presses Ahead with Happo-Noshiro Offshore Wind Project

    27 January 2022
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese energy company JERA has submitted the Primary Environmental Impact Consideration Document for the Happo Town and Noshiro City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project in Akita Prefecture to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. JERA believes that the favorable wind conditions and shallow seabed off Happo and Noshiro make the area suitable for the […]

  • Swedish Underwater Kites to Make Clean Energy

    26 April 2011

    With the hunt for new ways of producing electricity growing ever more intense, and the recent tragedy in Japan raising doubts about… (newsfeedmaker) [mappress] Source: newsfeedmaker, April 26, 2011;

  • Delegation from Japan to Visit Maine

    5 September 2011
    Authorities

    A delegation from Japan is visiting Portland, Augusta and other Maine communities next week to discuss alternative energy, business… (necn) [mappress] Source: necn, September 05, 2011;

  • Hitachi Zosen Plans to Install Floating Wind Turbines in Japanese Waters

    5 March 2013
    Technology

    Hitachi Zosen Corp. plans to install floating offshore wind turbines in Japanese waters as soon as possible, reports Bloomberg. The industrial machinery maker signed a cooperation agreement with a Norwegian oil and gas company, Statoil ASA. The agreement also included a feasibility study for floating offshore wind turbines. Statoil deployed the world’s first full-scale floating […]

  • Ideol and Macquarie Agree on Floating Wind Project in Japan

    26 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    France-based Ideol and Japan’s Acacia Renewables, Macquarie Capital’s wholly owned subsidiary, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of the first utility-scale commercial floating offshore wind farm in Japan.

  • China’s Offshore Wind to Pick Up the Pace

    25 June 2014

    Following the announcement by the Chinese government on feed-in tariff for offshore wind earlier this month, Fliss Jones wrote an article about it. Jones is a part of DNV GL, company which became one of the leading global providers of services for managing risk after a merger in September 2013. China’s offshore wind tariffs announced last week […]

  • JBIC Approves EUR 244 Million Loan for Eneco Luchterduinen OWF

    11 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has approved a EUR 244 million loan agreement for the 129MW Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm, developed and owned jointly by Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and the Dutch energy company Eneco, comprises 43 112-3.0MW MHI Vestas wind turbines […]

  • Toshiba and GE to Start Producing Haliade-X Nacelles in Japan in 2026

    18 July 2023
    Business development, Technology

    Toshiba and GE plan to start producing nacelles for GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines in Japan in 2026 and to start gathering local suppliers with capabilities to deliver nacelle components before that, Nikkei reports. The Japanese and the US company signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2021, under which GE will provide the Haliade-X technology, parts […]

  • Japan’s Chubu Completes Ecowende Buy-In

    9 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Japanese company, Chubu Electric Power, has completed the acquisition of 30 per cent of equity shares of Ecowende, a joint venture between Eneco and Shell that is developing a large-scale offshore wind farm at the Hollandse Kust West Site VI in the Netherlands. This follows the agreement Chubu signed with Eneco in February this […]

  • Japan Tests Floating Wind Turbines

    30 August 2012

    As the UPI reports, Japanese officials have announced that the country’s first floating wind farm is operational from Wednesday. The wind farm is located about a half mile off the coast of Kabashima island, one of the Goto Islands. Next summer, the 100-kilowatt turbine will be replaced by a larger 2-megawatt generator after collecting performance […]

  • Hitachi Zosen and Naval Energies Form Floating Wind Pact

    8 July 2019
    R&D, Technology

    Japanese industrial and engineering corporation Hitachi Zosen and French offshore renewable energy technology developer Naval Energies have agreed to cooperate in the field of floating wind energy. The project between the two companies is based on a feasibility study to jointly design and build floating wind turbines with a capacity of several hundred megawatts using Naval […]

  • Tokyo Electric Power Co. starts offshore wind testing in 2012 (Japan)

    20 May 2010
    R&D

    Tokyo Electric Power Co. (OOTC:TKECY) plans to start a feasibility test for Japan’s first full-scale offshore wind power generation in June…   [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, May 20, 2010;