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  • Tokyo Gas Joins Chiba Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    25 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo Gas has joined the offshore wind joint venture established by Northland Power and Shizen Energy in 2019 and will become a shareholder in the project company Chiba Offshore Wind (COW). COW is developing offshore wind projects off the Pacific Ocean coastline of Chiba Prefecture in Japan. Now, with Tokyo Gas on board, there is […]

  • DCNS and Nass&Wind to Showcase Their Floating Wind Turbine in Tokyo, Japan

    24 July 2013

    From 24 to 26 July 2013, DCNS and Nass&Wind will present their Winflo floating wind turbine development programme at the 8th Renewable Energy 2013 exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. A study of the marine renewable energy sector highlights the many common issues shared between Japan and France. Both countries have very long coastlines offering significant marine […]

  • TotalEnergies Kicks Off Offshore Lidar Project in UK and Japan

    20 December 2024
    Business development, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    TotalEnergies has commissioned Fraunhofer IWES and Oldbaum to perform lidar-based measurement campaigns in the UK and Japan. With dual-Doppler scanning lidar technology, two measuring devices are operated synchronously at different onshore locations where they are aligned in such a way that the laser beams cross at a point up to ten kilometres off the coast, […]

  • Saitec and Univergy to Cooperate on Japan’s Floating Wind

    10 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Saitec Offshore Technologies and Univergy Internacional have signed an agreement for the creation of a special purpose company for the development of floating wind projects with SATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) technology in Japan.

  • SeaRoc Group to Talk Health and Safety in Japan

    30 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Training & Education

    SeaRoc Group has won contracts for its Health and Safety services to provide advice and support to players involved in the offshore wind industry in Japan. The company will provide a full day training course to an expected 100 attendees consisting of developers, banks, insurance companies, EPCI contractors and members of industrial associations such as JWPA and […]

  • UHL Transporting Akita Noshiro Hardware to Japan

    20 January 2021
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Hamburg-based United Heavy Lift (UHL) has been contracted to transport 20 monopiles and 22 transition pieces for the Akita Noshiro wind farm, Japan’s first large-scale offshore wind project. In December 2020, F900 Eco-Lifter MV UHL Fame completed the loading operation of 14 monopile foundations at Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The […]

  • EOLOS and Windpal Team Up Offshore Japan

    13 March 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders

    Spain-based EOLOS and Japanese Windpal have signed an agreement to secure business in the Japanese offshore wind market. The two companies will combine EOLOS FLS200 technology and digital services with Windpal environmental marine services to execute safe and sustainable operations at sea. Under the agreement, EOLOS will provide Windpal with the necessary technology and digital […]

  • Japan Launches 1.42GW Offshore Wind Study

    18 March 2015
    Authorities

    In a bid to develop more offshore wind the Japanese Environment Ministry has selected three sites with combined capacity of 1.42GW. Iwate Prefecture and the town of Hirono were selected by the ministry to study community acceptance and environmental impact on the construction of a 200MW offshore wind farm. Also, the authorities in the city […]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines in Japan Resist Tsunami

    12 April 2011

    A cheap and simply structured wind-power plant proved more resistant to natural disasters than nuclear plants.   By Minoru Matsutani (japantimes) [mappress] Source: japantimes, April 12, 2011

  • Obayashi Could Build 455MW OWF in Japan

    23 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Japanese company Obayashi Corp. is looking into developing a 455MW offshore wind project off Akita Prefecture, and could start an environmental survey already this month to decide the final wind farm’s size, according to the national media.  Obayashi is already involved in two offshore wind projects planned to be installed off the prefecture’s coast. These include a 170MW offshore wind farm near the Port of […]

  • MAKE Forecasts Long-Term Growth of Offshore Wind in APeC Region

    23 May 2016

    New annual wind power capacity in Asia Pacific excluding China (APeC) will more than double by 2025, compared with 2015 installations, driven by continued growth across most markets, according to MAKE’s APeC Wind Power Outlook 2016 report. The analysis and consultancy company expects more than 63GW of wind power to be commissioned in Asia Pacific excluding China […]

  • Foundations In at Japan’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

    21 September 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    All 33 monopile foundations have been installed at the 140 MW Akita Noshiro wind farm offshore Akita Prefecture, Japan. The final monopile and the transition piece were installed off Akita Port by Seajacks Zaratan on 19 September, Akita Offshore Wind Corporation, the owner and the developer of the project, said. 20 units were installed off […]

  • Vestas Turbines to Spin on Japanese Offshore Wind Farm

    25 April 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vestas has won a 238 MW order from Hibiki Wind Energy for the supply of wind turbines for the Kitakyushu-Hibikinada offshore wind project, located off Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture. The order includes the supply and installation of 25 V174-9.5 MW wind turbines as well as long-term Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement for the […]

  • Japanese Trio to Jointly Develop Happo Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm

    11 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Tohoku Electric Power and ENEOS Corporation have agreed to join Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE) in the development of the Happo Noshiro offshore wind project. The project aims to construct and operate offshore wind farms with a maximum output capacity of 155 MW off Noshiro City and Happo town, Akita Prefecture. JRE is currently conducting […]

  • National Oilwell Varco to Kit Out Japanese Mega Jack-Up

    3 September 2019
    Vessels

    Japan’s Shimizu Corporation has awarded National Oilwell Varco (NOV) with a contract to provide equipment package and design for a newbuild offshore wind farm installation vessel. NOV, through its subsidiary GustoMSC, has worked with Shimizu on the customized jack-up design which has a total tonnage of 28,000t and is capable of accommodating 130 people. The vessel will […]

  • TEPCO and Equitix Secure Triton Knoll OFTO Deal

    10 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    A consortium of the London-based Equitix Limited and Japan’s TEPCO Power Grid has been selected as the preferred bidder for the offshore electricity transmission link connecting the 857 MW Triton Knoll wind farm to the UK grid. Valued at approximately GBP 577 million (EUR 675 million), the new offshore electricity transmission asset is comprised of […]

  • Vestas to Take Full Ownership of MHI Vestas

    29 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Vestas Wind Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed an agreement through which Vestas will acquire MHI’s shares in the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind joint venture. Vestas is to acquire MHI’s 50 per cent share of the MHI Vestas joint venture against 5,049,337 shares in Vestas that will be issued at closing of the transaction, […]

  • EMEC Gears Up for 2012 (UK)

    17 January 2012

    EMEC are gearing up for another exciting year, as developers continue their testing programmes at their wave and tidal testing facilities, and they look forward to welcoming a number of new clients on site throughout the year. On Wednesday, Jenny Norris and Matthew Finn facilitated the first EMEC Developers Research Forum (DRF) of the year […]

  • ‘HVDC Transmission Market – Forecasts to 2018’ Report Available

    5 February 2014
    Grid Connection, R&D

    Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “HVDC Transmission Market – Forecasts to 2018” report to their offering. The ever increasing demand of energy, with long distance between generation and consumption centers, is poised to change the nature of transmission and distribution. Ironically HDVC seems to be the future energy transmission option. The […]

  • CIP and MHI Team Up Offshore Japan

    30 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have entered into a joint venture to develop offshore wind projects in Hokkaido, Japan. The joint venture is jointly owned by MHI (50%) and CIP (50%), and a team with experts from both owners will be established, the companies said. MHI added that the move comes […]

  • MOL Orders ‘Japan’s First’ Coastal Module Carrier for Offshore Wind Foundations

    30 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    MOL Drybulk, part of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a contract with China’s Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering for the construction of a module carrier that the company says is Japan’s first coastal module carrier to transport components for offshore wind turbine foundations. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the spring of 2026 under […]

  • Japan’s Demo Floater Takes Final Shape

    10 August 2018
    Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    A consortium led by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has fully assembled a 3MW demonstrator floating wind turbine at the Kitakyushu Port.  

  • Japanese Demo Offshore Wind Unit Set For Decommissioning

    2 October 2019
    R&D, Vessels

    Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction is preparing to remove a bottom-fixed foundation type wind turbine and an observation tower off the coast of Kitakyushu. The decommissioning is scheduled to take place in October. Back in 2011, Penta Ocean constructed the 2MW wind turbine and the wind observation tower as part of a joint research project of National Research and […]

  • Japan lags behind Europe in offshore wind development

    12 May 2010
    R&D

    Japan, which saw its first offshore wind farm begin operations in 2004, lags far behind Europe in promoting offshore wind energy. In another positive development for the global offshore wind energy industry, it appears that the world’s number two economy is getting ready to harness a massive amount of additional offshore wind energy to help […]

  • First Vestas Nacelles Reach Akita Port in Japan

    28 December 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first shipment of nacelles and blades for the 140 MW Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm has reached Akita Port in Japan. A SAL ship carrying 17 nacelles and 30 blades arrived from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to Akita Port on Friday, 24 December. This is the second shipment of wind turbine components […]

  • Turbine Pre-Assembly Work Starts on Japan’s Offshore Wind Project

    18 April 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    The pre-assembly work of wind turbine towers for the 140 MW Akita Noshiro, Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, has started at Akita Port. The project comprises 20 Vestas V117 – 4.2 MW wind turbines to be installed off Noshiro Port, and 13 Vestas units off Akita Port. In December 2021, SAL’s vessel, loaded with […]