1148 results found for 'Japan'

1148 results found for 'Japan'
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  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to Take 5% Stake in Seajacks

    24 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) today informed it plans to acquire a 5% share in Seajacks from Marubeni Corporation.

  • Japan to Get 5MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    26 November 2013
    Technology

    Hitachi has announced that it has decided to install a 5MW prototype of a offshore wind turbine off the coast of Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The company said that it will begin the installation of its HTW5.0-126 offshore wind turbine by the end of 2013. It is planned to start operating by the end […]

  • Another Offshore Wind Farm Planned for Japan

    9 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s offshore wind sector seems to have surged lately, as news about planned offshore wind farms off the country’s coast keep coming to news desks. According to Nikkei Asian Review, Japanese engineering company Hitachi Zosen has teamed up with Mitsubishi and Sumitomo Electric Industries to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Murakami, Niigata Prefecture. The proposed offshore […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.  

  • Japan Estimates Its Renewable Energy Potential

    6 April 2015
    Authorities, R&D

    Japanese Ministry of the Environment has published a report on renewable energy potential by 2030 and 2050.  According to the document, renewable energy could provide between 241.4 and 356.6 TWh by 2030. Wind energy (onshore and offshore) has the potential to reach 64.6TWh by 2030. The Ministry said: “The calculation of prospects of renewable energy is estimated with the several […]

  • Japan’s Largest Banks Eye More European Offshore Wind Financing

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Negative interest rates in Japan have pushed two of the country’s biggest banks, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, to adding more project finance loans for, primarily European, renewable energy as infrastructure such as offshore wind farms brings strong yields.  Spanish Banco Santander was the largest loan provider for renewable energy assets last year, Bloomberg writes, […]

  • Toshiba Aims to Harness Ocean Currents (Japan)

    5 December 2011

      The issue with the various alternative energy sources is that they are intermittent. You can’t trust the sun or the wind to provide a… (greenoptimistic) [mappress] Source: greenoptimistic, December 05, 2011

  • GWEC Disappointed in Japan’s Non-Wind Decision

    31 May 2011

    Global Wind Energy Council’s secretary-general Steve Sawyer expressed his disappointment in Japan’s decision to focus only on increasing… (ecoseed) [mappress] Source: ecoseed, May 31, 2011

  • Ørsted, TEPCO Submit Bid for 370 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Japan

    27 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and TEPCO Renewable Power, through a joint venture company, have submitted a bid to the Japanese government for a wind farm off the coast of Choshi City in Chiba Prefecture. According to earlier information on the project, the Choshi offshore wind farm will have a capacity of 370 MW. TEPCO and Ørsted signed a memorandum of […]

  • BW Ideol, Elawan Energy to Jointly Develop Multi-Gigawatt Floating Projects Offshore Spain and Portugal

    26 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    BW Ideol has signed a Head of Terms with Elawan Energy for the joint development of a multi-GW floating offshore wind pipeline off Spain and Portugal, subject to further negotiation of the final agreement between the two companies. Elawan Energy, an ORIX company based in Spain, has more than 2.6 GW of projects (solar, hydro, […]

  • IHC IQIP Supplying Equipment for Akita-Noshiro OWF Construction

    22 December 2020
    Technology

    IHC IQIP will deliver equipment for the installation of the wind turbine foundations on the Akita-Noshiro offshore wind project, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Japan. For these construction activities, the company will supply its S-1400 Hydrohammer with Pile Inclination Measuring Equipment, a UT-700 Upending tool, and three Transition Piece Lifting Tools. The Akita-Noshiro […]

  • First Japanese Offshore Wind Farms Entering Construction Phase

    3 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The construction of the onshore substations and transmission lines is scheduled to start in February 2020, and the commercial operations are expected to start in 2022, according to Marubeni.

  • Top News of the Week Jun 24 – 30, 2013

    30 June 2013

    Germany: Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm Half Done Half of the total 30 wind turbines at the Riffgat offshore wind farm have already been set up. The Netherlands: Deltares Tests Cheaper Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations In recent months, Deltares has tested a new foundation structure for offshore wind turbines in the Atlantic Basin in Delft and […]

  • JERA, Green Power Investment Inaugurate Japan’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    26 April 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 23 April, JERA and Green Power Investment Corporation held an inauguration ceremony for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm in Hokkaido, Japan, which they own through a special-purpose corporation, Green Power Ishikari GK. The 112 MW Ishikari Bay New Port, the largest commercial offshore wind farm in Japan, began commercial operations at […]

  • Japanese Shipowner Invests in Wind Turbine Maintenance Company

    10 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development

    Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed an agreement to form a capital alliance by acquiring most of the outstanding shares of its compatriot Hokutaku. According to MOL, Hokutaku is the largest third-party wind turbine maintenance company in Japan covering about 80 per cent of the approximately 2,600 wind turbines in the country. “While […]

  • Green Power Investment Plans Offshore Wind Farm in Japan

    25 May 2012

    As the Mainichi reported citing officials of Green Power Investment Corp., an enterprise mostly owned by mobile phone carrier Softbank, the company is planning to build a wind farm offshore Hokkaido coast. Japan’s largest and northernmost prefecture has been chosen by the company due to the strong wind potential at the port, which straddles Ishikari […]

  • Asia in stats: Big ambitions ahead for Asian offshore wind

    6 August 2013

    Today just over 6GW of offshore wind generation capacity is inst alled world wide, with an equal amount in development or under construction. While the top offshore wind markets are still found in Europe, representing more than 90% of the current installed capacity, a number of Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and India, have ambitious plans, some of […]

  • BW Ideol Joins Floating Wind Projects in Italy and Taiwan

    19 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Floating wind specialist BW Ideol has joined two commercial-scale floating wind projects in Taiwan and in Italy. In July, BW Ideol signed a design and engineering services contract with an undisclosed leading party for a commercial-scale floating wind farm in Taiwan. And in August, the company signed Heads of Terms with an undisclosed party for […]

  • Seatrium to Build Heavy Lift Vessel for Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction

    11 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Seatrium has revealed that its subsidiary has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Penta-Ocean Construction (POC) to build a heavy lift vessel to serve the Japanese offshore wind market. Seatrium’s subsidiary signed a LoI with the Japanese company to carry out early engineering work for a 5,000-tonne fully-revolving heavy lift vessel. Subject to the […]

  • TEPCO Renewable Power Reveals Big Spend on Offshore Wind

    11 June 2020
    Business & Finance

    TEPCO Holdings’ renewable energy unit, which commenced business operation as an independent company on 1 April under the name TEPCO Renewable Power, has revealed a big investment in offshore wind projects. The company plans to invest JPY 1-2 trillion (EUR 8.22 billion to EUR 16.44 billion) in 6-7 GW of offshore wind and hydroelectric projects […]

  • WoodMac: APeC to See 19GW of New Offshore Wind by 2030

    22 November 2019
    R&D

    Up to 19GW of new offshore wind capacity is expected to be added in APAC excluding China (APeC) over the next 10 years, according to Wood Mackenzie. According to Wood Mackenzie’s report, the success of future offshore wind in APeC will depend on costs coming down. Currently, the average offshore wind levelized cost of electricity […]

  • Top News of the Week Jul 1 – 7, 2013

    7 July 2013

    China: Ming Yang Completes 6.5MW Wind Turbine Prototype China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (“Ming Yang” or the “Company”) , a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, announced that its first 6.5MW prototype super compact drive (“SCD”) wind turbine generator (“WTG”) has been successfully completed in June 2013, and installation and testing are expected […]

  • Structural Defects Delay Japan’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm

    22 September 2023
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Japan’s Goto Floating Wind Farm Consortium has postponed the commissioning of the Goto City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project by two years following the discovery of defects in the floating structures to be used for the project. The project’s commercial operation date was initially scheduled for January 2024. However, the construction process was delayed due […]

  • ORIX Scanning Japanese Seabed

    14 February 2019
    R&D

    The Japanese ORIX Corporation has commenced a seabed geological survey off the coast of the Chiba Prefecture to investigate the feasibility of offshore wind power. ORIX is carrying out an acoustic seabed survey in the waters offshore Choshi to study the conditions, ground structure and the topography of the seabed. The company said it is using […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 3 – 9, 2013

    10 June 2013

    VolturnUS 1:8 Launched: Maine Brings U.S. Offshore Wind Dream to Reality VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine in the U.S., was officially launched by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners yesterday at 11 am (5 pm CET/CEST). Seajacks Japan Launched with Focus on Offshore Wind Marubeni […]