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  • First Japanese Offshore Wind Farm to Start Operating in January

    4 July 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    Japanese government officials have revealed that the country’s first offshore wind farm is expected to begin producing electricity in January 2013. It is being jointly developed by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Tokyo Electric Power. Due to the Fukushima disaster last year, Japan is strongly working on generating energy from […]

  • Six Companies Plan Large Offshore Wind Investment in Japan

    5 September 2012

    Six Japanese companies plan to invest GBP 962 million in offshore wind projects at the coastal area of the Kyushu region in the southern part of the country. According to GT Global Trader news site, Toshiba Corp, Hitachi Zosen Corp, JFE Steel Corp, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Toa Corp and Toyo Construction Co. Ltd. will […]

  • MHI to Conduct Science Class on Wind Power Generation in Iwaki City, Japan

    28 November 2012
    Training & Education

    On December 4 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will conduct a science class by request at the Iwaki Municipal Onahama Dai-ichi Elementary School in Fukushima Prefecture as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The class, to be offered to approximately 120 fifth and sixth graders, will provide the students with knowledge about the […]

  • Statoil Eyes Floating Wind Opportunities off U.S. and Japan

    7 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has identified Japan the U.S. states of California and Hawaii as prime markets for the development of floating wind farms, Irene Rummelhoff, the Norwegian energy company’s head of New Energy Solutions told Reuters.

  • Developers Join Forces on EIA for Offshore Wind Area in Japan

    28 December 2021
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    Twenty companies looking to build wind farms off the town of Yuza in Japan’s Yamagata Prefecture have been asked by the Prefecture to consolidate their Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) documents as much as possible and the developers are now streamlining their efforts through a consortium established solely for this purpose. The prefectural authorities have requested […]

  • Japan: ANRE Announces Present Status of Facilities Generating Renewable Energy

    20 May 2013
    Authorities

    Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), an agency of the country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), which is responsible for Japan’s energy and natural resources policies, has announced the present status of facilities generating renewable energy as of February 30, 2013. The Agency reported that the total combined capacity of such […]

  • JERA Reveals Ishikari Bay Offshore Wind Project

    25 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese utility JERA has submitted the Planning Phase Environmental Impact Statement for an offshore wind project off Ishikari Bay in Japan. The planned offshore wind farm will be located at least 2.5km offshore from Ishikari and Otaru and is expected to include up to 65 turbines with a maximum generation capacity of 520 MW. JERA […]

  • Shoreline Offshore Wind Design Simulation Solution Comes to Japan

    11 March 2020
    Technology

    The Japanese Pacifico Energy has selected Shoreline’s construction and O&M design simulation solution for early phase modeling of offshore wind farms. According to Shoreline, Pacifico Energy can now fast and accurately model, assess and optimize bottom fixed and floating offshore wind farms business case scenarios. The solution is said to take into regard strategy development, […]

  • Mitsui, Hokutaku Set Up Offshore Wind Inspection and Maintenance Joint Venture

    15 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mitsui and Hokutaku have established Horizon Ocean Management (HOM), a joint venture company providing inspection and maintenance services to the offshore wind sector. The new company brings together wind turbine maintenance expertise developed by Hokutaku and the Mitsui Group, and Mitsui’s customer base in Japan, with an aim to provide Japanese offshore wind companies with […]

  • Mitsubishi Only Winner in Japanese Offshore Wind Auction, GE Turbines for All Sites

    24 December 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Consortia in which Mitsubishi Corporation is the main stakeholder have been selected to develop all of the projects offered in Japan’s first fixed-bottom offshore wind auction. The Mitsubishi-led consortia have been selected to build an 819 MW Yurihonjo wind farm offshore Akita Prefecture, a 478.8 MW Noshiro Mitane Oga project, also off Akita Prefecture, and […]

  • Japan’s ENEOS Joins Floating Offshore Wind Project in Norway

    18 September 2024
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind

    ENEOS Renewable Energy (ERE), the renewable arm of the Japanese energy giant ENEOS Holdings, has become a partner in the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project in Norway by acquiring a 20 per cent shareholding in the project from Odfjell Oceanwind. This is ERE’s first overseas offshore wind project and the second floating offshore wind farm […]

  • Japan’s INPEX Buys Stakes in Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    7 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    INPEX Corporation has agreed to enter a stock transfer agreement with Diamond Generating Europe B.V. (DGE-NL), a Dutch-registered, wholly-owned second generation subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, and acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm and a 15 per cent stake in the Borssele III/IV offshore wind farm operating off the coast […]

  • Floaters ‒ Game Changers for Offshore Wind?

    23 March 2015

    At least nine floating projects are likely to come online by 2020, claims Douglas-Westwood. These projects will total to 225MW with a further six projects in the pipeline provide upside potential, according to their database. “We’re not competing with fixed foundations, we’re just creating the future. And that future’s not that far away,” said CEO […]

  • Japan’s Kansai Comes Onboard Norwegian Floating Offshore Wind Project

    7 December 2023
    Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese utility, the Kansai Electric Power Company (Kansai), has joined the Source Galileo, Odfjell Oceanwind, and Vår Energi partnership which is developing a floating offshore wind project at the Goliat platform outside Hammerfest in Norway. Located approximately 95 kilometres from Hammerfest at a depth of 300-400 metres, the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project could add […]

  • CIP to Sell Stake in 495 MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm to Japan’s MOL

    9 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has entered into an agreement to divest a 10 per cent stake in the 495 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, filing for Foreign Investment Approval […]

  • Denmark: Navigant’s BTM Consult Releases New Offshore Wind Report

    20 November 2012
    R&D

    BTM Consult, a premier forecaster and data source for the international wind industry and part of Navigant’s Global Energy Practice, has announced that it has released Offshore Report 2013. The 250+ page Offshore Report 2013 is BTM Consult’s most comprehensive overview of the offshore wind power market to date. The report highlights developments in the […]

  • Rambiz Installs Eneco Luchterduinen Transformer Station

    19 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    Rambiz crane vessel, owned by Belgian Scaldis, installed offshore high voltage station (OHVS) in Dutch waters yesterday morning. On Tuesday, the vessel arrived to port of Ijmuiden where it picked up the OHVS which is a part of Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. Weighting as much as four Boeing 747, around 900 tonnes, the station […]

  • UK: Seajacks Orders World’s Largest OWF Installation Vessel

    10 June 2013

    Seajacks International has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries to build the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel. The vessel has been specifically designed to meet the demands associated with working UK Round 3, Scottish territorial waters and the other North West European markets. Seajacks also has options for […]

  • GE’s Recently Unveiled 18 MW Wind Turbine to Spin Offshore Japan

    14 December 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Supply Chain, Wind Turbines

    The three consortia that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) selected in the country’s second round of offshore wind auctions will use some of the biggest and most powerful wind turbines on/coming to the market – Vestas V236-15 MW and GE’s 18 MW Haliade-X. RWE, which secured a site together with partners Mitsui […]

  • Top News of the Week, 25 – 31 July

    31 July 2016
    Business & Finance, R&D, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord to Buy Bilfinger’s Offshore Wind Unit Van Oord has reached an agreement on the acquisition of the offshore wind activities of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH, a German company active in the engineering, construction and installation of foundations for offshore wind farms. France Approves Two Pilot Floaters The French Environment and Energy […]

  • Japan: Banks to Loan USD 320 Million for Wind Power Company Purchase

    22 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Marubeni Corp. and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a joint private-public investment fund, plan to purchase British wind power manufacturer Seajacks. Six Japanese banks agreed to extend a loan of approximately USD 322 million for the companies by the end of the month. The two companies plan to promote natural energy resources by assisting in […]

  • France: Reportlinker Announces Global Alternative Energy Industry Report

    11 May 2012

      Reportlinker introduces new report titled Global Alternative Energy Industry. The global outlook series on Alternative Energy provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global Alternative Energy industry, identifies major short to medium term market challenges, and growth drivers. Regional […]

  • VIDEO: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Power Project

    10 November 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Japan is speeding up with the development of its floating offshore wind projects, in an aim to move away from nuclear power and shift to renewables. Recently, a floating wind turbine of 2MW capacity started generating power near Nagasaki prefecture.  In Fukushima prefecture, a group of 11 companies, headed by Marubeni Corporation have installed a […]

  • Reportlinker Announces Global Alternative Energy Industry

    9 March 2012
    Business & Finance

      Reportlinker announced a new market research report “Global Alternative Energy Industry”. The global outlook series on Alternative Energy provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global Alternative Energy industry, identifies major short to medium term market challenges, and growth […]

  • Offshore Wind in Asia: Following in Europe’s Footsteps?

    23 March 2021
    Business & Finance

    The following article is a guest post by Peter Thompson, East Asia Energy Leader at Arup, a global engineering and consultancy company. The article discusses the growing offshore wind sector in Asia, applying and refining lessons learned from Europe, as well as the region’s potential in floating wind. Asia’s offshore wind market is expected to […]

  • 42 Nobelwind Turbines Installed, 8 to Go

    15 March 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    42 out of 50 MHI Vestas V112-3.3MW turbines have been installed at the 165MW Nobelwind offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea, Parkwind, the developer and part owner of the wind farm, reports.