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  • Maersk Training, GiraffeWork to Build New Offshore Wind Training Centre in Japan

    24 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Maersk Training has signed a collaboration agreement with GiraffeWork (subsidiary of parent company Daikyo Kenki) to establish a training centre for the offshore wind industry in Japan. The partners said the training centre will offer courses according to the Global Wind Organisation (GWO), will be equipped with the latest pool equipment, and will have a […]

  • Japan’s First Barge-Type Floating Wind Turbine Enters Commercial Operation

    25 April 2025
    Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The consortium behind the Hibiki floating wind turbine in Japan has announced that the 3 MW two-bladed project entered commercial operation. The Hibiki barge-type floating system, the first of its kind in Japan, features the Aerodyn SCD 3 MW two-bladed turbine installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation. Located 15 kilometres off the Kitakyushu coast, the […]

  • Principle Power and Mitsui Bolster WindFloat Tie-Up in Japan

    3 May 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Principle Power and Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding have signed a collaboration agreement to promote floating offshore wind projects in Japan.

  • Japanese Offshore Wind Taking Pace

    23 September 2013
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    A lot is happening on the offshore wind power front in Japan. In June Japan unveiled its first commercial floating turbine in Asia and the 2-megawatt turbine off the coast of Fukushima will start operation on 7 October. The first project phase, which included the setting of the Hitachi downwind-type turbine with a rotor diameter […]

  • Fugro and NYK Group Jointly Target Japanese Offshore Wind Market

    16 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Fugro and the Tokyo-based transportation company, NYK Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide offshore geotechnical services in Japan. The two companies will also collaborate on a feasibility study into jointly operating a specialist investigation vessel for renewables projects. Japan’s burgeoning offshore wind industry is predicted to increase national demand for geotechnical […]

  • MPS, JGC to Jointly Deliver Floating Wind Projects Offshore Japan

    6 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Marine Power Systems (MPS) and JGC Japan have signed a non-exclusive collaborative agreement to deliver floating offshore wind platforms at a commercial scale in Japan. Under the agreement, MPS’ floating wind platform technology, PelaFlex, and JGC Japan’s EPCI services will combine to jointly deliver floating offshore wind projects in Japan and contribute towards the Japanese […]

  • UiB Researchers Discuss Energy in Japan

    3 June 2015
    R&D

    Japan-Norway Energy Science Week 2015 was held in Tokyo on 27 and 28 May, with 80 participants from Norway and nearly 300 from Japan. Professor Sigrid Eskeland Schütz from the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, began on “Legal Aspects of renewable energy production in marine areas and coastal zones”. She gave an introduction of […]

  • Japan: Reed Exhibitions Announces WIND EXPO 2013

    16 May 2012

    Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. announced the opening of WIND EXPO 2013 – 1st Int’l Wind Energy Expo & Conference. It is the very first exhibition and conference in Japan specialised in wind energy and will be held within World Smart Energy Week 2013 – a collective gathering of 8 specialised exhibitions and conferences related to […]

  • Scottish Finance Secretary Welcomes Japan Marine Energy Deal

    11 March 2012

    Finance Secretary John Swinney welcomed a deal between the Orkney based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) and the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ) to develop Japan’s first marine energy test centre. The Finance Secretary will next month travel to Japan and South Korea to promote Scottish industry including expertise and investment opportunities in Scotland’s […]

  • Dutch to Study Floating Wind Market in Japan

    4 February 2022
    Business & Finance

    The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Japan, together with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), has commissioned the Dutch company BLIX Consultancy to perform a floating wind market study in Japan, with an aim to strengthen offshore wind collaborations between the two countries and to obtain a better understanding of the floating wind […]

  • EU Greenlights BP, JERA Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    16 May 2025
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Planning & Permitting

    BP’s subsidiary BP Gamma and JERA Nex, a renewables arm of Japan’s JERA, have received European Commission (EC) approval to form a joint venture focused on offshore wind projects. The EC concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given the companies’ limited combined market position resulting from the proposed transaction. The JERA […]

  • Obayashi Picks Ramboll Foundations Design Offshore Japan

    6 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Ramboll has secured a contract with the Obayashi Corporation to provide the foundation design for a new offshore wind project in Japan. Ramboll said its engineers will perform the detailed foundation design for the entire offshore wind farm which will be one of the largest in Japan. The design team will be employed on the […]

  • Van Oord and Kajima Win Big Offshore Japan

    28 February 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Kajima Corporation and Van Oord have been selected as the preferred Balance of Plant contractors for three offshore wind projects in Japan. In December 2021 the Government of Japan selected three consortia, all led by Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Solutions, as the operators for three offshore wind power projects in Akita, northern Japan, and Chiba, near […]

  • OPT Gets USD 2.6 Million for Wave Energy Device Development off Japan’s Coast

    31 October 2013
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced that the Company has received a $2.6 million contract from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) to provide the final design and supply of key components of a PowerBuoy system intended for deployment off the coast of Japan to demonstrate its utility application in local sea conditions. […]

  • Shell, Equinor, Ocean Winds and Japanese Partners Launch Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Group

    9 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    Six European and Japanese companies have established Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Group to actively promote floating offshore wind in the country. The newly launched group – set up by Equinor, Shell, Ocean Winds (a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE), Sumitomo Corporation Global Metals, JGC Japan Corporation, and Toda Corporation – has issued three main […]

  • Scotland to Help Development of Japanese Marine Energy

    18 April 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    A team of government and industry leaders from Japan’s eastern seaboard are set to come to Scotland to plan for the development of marine energy in Japan following an invitation by Finance Secretary John Swinney. Iwate Prefecture was one of the areas worst affected by last year’s tsunami and subsequent events at Fukushima nuclear power […]

  • Sea Challenger to Fly Japanese Flag as DEME and Penta-Ocean Complete Offshore Wind Tie-Up

    2 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction and DEME Offshore have established a joint venture company, Japan Offshore Marine (JOM), to collaborate in the field of offshore wind construction in Japan. JOM, owned 51 per cent by Penta-Ocean and 49 per cent by DEME, will engage in investigation, engineering, procurement of materials and equipment, and construction related to foundation […]

  • Japan Achieves 153.5 MW of Offshore Wind Capacity in 2023

    8 February 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Japan has added 572.3 MW of new wind capacity in 2023, resulting in a total operational wind energy capacity of 5,213.4 MW for the first time, according to preliminary data published by the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA). As for offshore wind, the country had 153.5 MW of installed capacity at the end of last […]

  • Seajacks to Exhibit at RenewableUK in Manchester

    7 June 2013

    Seajacks UK will be exhibiting at the Renewable UK Offshore Wind Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, 12th – 13th June 2013. Recently, Marubeni and INCJ established Seajacks Japan Ltd, a 100% group company of Seajacks International Limited. Seajacks Japan will conduct sales and marketing activities mainly targeting the offshore wind market in Japan and other […]

  • NOS and NYK Sign CTV MoU for Japanese Market

    16 January 2020
    Vessels

    Sweden’s Northern Offshore Group AB (NOG) and Japanese shipping company NYK have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) business for offshore wind projects in Japan. NYK and NOG, the parent company of Northern Offshore Service AB (NOS), will start a joint study of a new CTV service to […]

  • HeliService and Nakanihon Air Service Team Up for Japan’s Offshore Wind

    13 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    HeliService International has entered into long-term cooperation with the Japan-based Nakanihon Air Service for the Japanese offshore wind market. According to HeliService, Nakanihon deems to offer helicopter offshore services in Japan and Asia as the offshore wind market is evolving in the region. “We are very pleased to have entered this deep co-operation with HeliService. […]

  • Japan Opens First Floating Wind Farm Auction

    24 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Japan has issued a call for developers interested in building and operating a floating offshore wind farm off Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture. The invitation for developers to participate in the auction opened on 24 June and will close on 24 December, 2020. Two of Japan’s ministries, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; and the […]

  • Japan’s FLOWRA and UK’s ORE Catapult Sign Floating Offshore Wind Agreement

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Floating Wind, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) in the UK to consider collaboration on technology development in the floating offshore wind sector. The MoU aims to lay the groundwork for concrete activities to reduce costs and risks in the floating […]

  • OEG Renewables and SOMAC Forge Japanese Offshore Wind Alliance

    31 May 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    OEG Renewables and Sojitz Machinery Corporation (SOMAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer renewable service solutions to the growing offshore wind market in Japan. Under the MoU, the companies will provide pre-construction, operations and maintenance (O&M), and vessel services to offshore wind projects in Japan. “By partnering with SOMAC, a company with […]

  • Japanese Prince Visits MHI Vestas

    19 June 2017

    MHI Vestas hosted His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan at the company’s factory in Lindø today.

  • EU Greenlights RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    13 March 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The European Commission has cleared, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture between Mitsui & Co., Osaka Gas, and a subsidiary of RWE AG, all three established in Japan, to develop a 684 MW offshore wind project in Japan. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, […]