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  • JERA Unveils New Offshore Wind Project in Japan

    8 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Japanese utility JERA has submitted a Primary Environmental Impact Consideration Document for a new offshore wind project to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The project site is located in the waters off the city of Tsugaru and the town of Ajigasawa in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, where JERA plans to install up to […]

  • Northland Power and Shizen Energy Set Up Offshore Wind JV in Japan

    18 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Northland Power and Shizen Energy have signed an agreement to collaborate on offshore wind development opportunities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The partners will establish a 50:50 joint venture named Chiba Offshore Wind Inc., which will serve as the development vehicle for early-stage offshore wind opportunities. According to the companies, the joint venture is pursuing projects that […]

  • NIRAS Bolsters Offshore Wind Activities in APAC

    2 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment

    Denmark-headquartered consultancy NIRAS has revealed plans to enhance its presence in the Asia-Pacific offshore wind market. In line with this, NIRAS appointed its first company member in Japan, Seiko Toki, who took over the role of senior consultant to further expand the services. Toki will spearhead the company’s activities in Japan, as well as work with […]

  • SSE Pacifico Emerges in Japan

    1 November 2021
    Business & Finance

    SSE Renewables has closed the agreement to form a new joint ownership company, SSE Pacifico, which will pursue the development of offshore wind projects in Japan. The deal includes the acquisition by SSE Renewables of an 80 per cent interest in an offshore wind development platform from Pacifico Energy. The total consideration at closing is […]

  • EMEC to Support Development of Japanese Marine Energy Centre

    9 March 2012

    SCOTLAND’S world-leading marine and tidal energy development facility, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), today (Friday, March 9, 2012) announces a major international collaboration to develop Japan’s first marine energy test centre. EMEC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ocean Energy Association of Japan (OEAJ), with the potential for EMEC to provide advice […]

  • Dutch, Japanese Team Up for Offshore Wind

    29 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    On Thursday, June 25, Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) and the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) have signed an agreement stipulating how the two parties will act together to develop offshore wind energy in the Netherlands, Japan and possibly beyond. Arjen Schutten, director of HHWE, said: “Japan’s offshore wind market will grow explosively in the […]

  • Suzlon Prepares to Enter Offshore Wind Joint Venture

    25 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon is in negotiations with some Japanese companies as it aims to form a joint venture in order to get a piece of the large offshore wind cake, Bloomberg writes. This decision from Suzlon is not a surprising one, considering the size, complexity and expenses of deep water offshore wind projects, […]

  • Japan to Harness Wave Power

    6 October 2011

    Japan’s 11 March nuclear debacle at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima six reactor complex has renewed Japan’s interest in alternative…   By Joao Peixe (oilprice) [mappress] Source: oilprice, October 06, 2011

  • Transporting Offshore Wind Electricity by Automated Ships – A New Concept Emerges in Japan

    19 August 2021
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Japanese company PowerX plans to design and build an automated Power Transfer Vessel to carry electricity from offshore wind farms to shore. The Power ARK 100 is a 100 TEU trimaran specially designed for transferring renewable energy in Japan’s coastal waters. Upon its completion in 2025, Power ARK 100 will carry 100 grid batteries, equating […]

  • Norwegians Talk Offshore Wind in Japan

    26 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D, Technology

    Norway’s Equinor and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy met with Nippon Foundation in Tokyo to discuss offshore wind collaboration, GCE NODE said.

  • ABB Tech for Japanese Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    10 March 2020
    Vessels

    ABB has won a contract to provide the power systems for Shimizu Corporation’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). The self-elevating platform is designed to handle turbines with an individual capacity of 8MW or more, and is said to be the first such vessel to be built in Japan for the local offshore wind market. ABB […]

  • NYK and Van Oord Form Jack-Up Alliance in Japan

    16 January 2020
    Vessels

    Japanese shipping major NYK and Van Oord have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly own and operate offshore wind installation vessels under the Japanese flag. The partners aim to start operating a jack-up vessel in Japan by 2022 at the earliest. The vessel will have a crane capacity of more than 1,000mt and […]

  • Japanese to Fast-Track Kashima Port Offshore Wind Project

    5 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Wind Power Energy is planning to accelerate the development of the Kashima offshore wind project in Japan. The project is planned to commence construction in 2024 at its 680 ha site in Kashima Port in the Ibaraki Prefecture. The joint venture of Wind Power Group, Tokyo Gas, and Vena Energy is developing the project which […]

  • Danes Heading to Japan to Talk Offshore Wind

    20 February 2017
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    A group of Danish offshore wind industry investors, developers and manufacturers is heading to Japan to meet with this country’s key stakeholders in Kitakyushu and Tokyo.

  • Kitakyushu Floating Wind Project to Use Mooreast Anchors

    14 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Mooreast will supply nine of its Mooreast MA5P anchors for a floating wind turbine demonstration project off Kitakyushu, Japan, set to enter the construction phase next year. Glocal Inc., a Japanese company which is part of the consortium behind the demonstration project, carried out product performance evaluation and offshore testing last year, prior to deciding […]

  • Huisman Crane for Japanese Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

    19 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Huisman Equipment has signed a contract with Japan Marine United Shipyard (JMU) for the delivery of a 1,000mt SWL Pedestal Mounted Crane for an offshore wind turbine installation in Japan.

  • Possible Boost for Japanese Offshore Wind

    11 March 2014

    The Japanese Government was urged to lift offshore wind tariff while lowering the tariff for solar energy, reported Reuters. Ever since the nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan has been looking to develop other ways of energy production, this is why the new feed-in tariff scheme was introduced in 2012, which required utilities to buy all […]

  • Osbit Secures Safe Crew Transfer on Japan’s First OWF

    4 July 2014
    Technology

    UK’s North East engineering firm Osbit Power, part of the Energi Coast steering group, is helping Japan to reinvigorate one of its regions, following a natural disaster in 2011, after signing a contract to supply a key piece of safety equipment to a project to build the country’s first offshore wind farm. Northumberland-based Osbit Power’s […]

  • Two Consortia Secure Public Funding to Build Floating Wind Demos Offshore Japan

    13 June 2024
    Floating Wind, R&D, Technology

    Two consortia have been selected under the Green Innovation Fund (GIF), established by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and administered by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), to develop demonstration floating offshore wind projects. The first consortium is led by Marubeni Offshore Wind Development (MOWD) and other local partners […]

  • Offshore Wind and Battery Storage Project Takes Off in Japan

    9 September 2022
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Pattern Energy Group and its affiliate in Japan, Green Power Investment Corporation (GPI), have completed financing and begun full construction of the 112 MW Ishikari Offshore Wind project located approximately three kilometers from the shore of the Ishikari Bay in Hokkaido, Japan. Ishikari Wind will also feature a battery storage component with 100 MW x […]

  • Swancor, Shizen Energy Eye Offshore Wind Projects in Japan

    8 December 2021
    Business & Finance

    Shizen Energy and Swancor Renewable Energy have entered into an agreement to jointly develop offshore wind farms in Japan’s Kyushu region. According to Swancor, the developer of Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm, Formosa 1, Japan’s waters are similar to Taiwan’s in terms of geological and weather conditions. “Unlike the waters of Europe, where offshore wind […]

  • Japan’s New Draft Bill to Outline 30 New Offshore Wind Sites

    22 July 2020
    Authorities

    Japanese government is drafting a bill that would facilitate identifying new development sites for 1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity per year from 2021 to 2031. “Japan is set to draft new rules and support framework in a drive that points to construct offshore wind projects at 30 locales by the end of the […]

  • EOLOS Lays Foundation in Japan

    23 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Spain-based supplier of LiDARs to the offshore wind industry, EOLOS, is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Japan Meteorological Corporation, thus making a significant step towards fulfilling its aim of entering the Japanese wind and ocean resource measurement market. 

  • Seaway 7 and Sumitomo Making Subsea Cable One-Stop-Shop in Asia-Pacific

    28 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Sumitomo Electric Industries and Seaway 7 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to together provide subsea cable engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) services for offshore wind projects in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration is planned to enable the provision of a unique service to meet the need for a one-stop-shop […]

  • NYK Orders Its First Japanese-Built CTV

    21 February 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain, Vessels

    The Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line has placed an order with Kosaba Shipbuilding Corporation for a crew transfer vessel (CTV), the first vessel of this kind NYK has ordered from a shipyard in its home country. The hull of the new 28-metre-long, 12-pax crew transfer vessel will be built based on a […]

  • EIB, Japan Bank for International Cooperation Eye Offshore Wind, Subsea Interconnector Investments

    27 October 2021
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have entered into an agreement to further expand cooperation on a range of globally relevant investments, including projects contributing to carbon neutrality in the European Union, such as subsea interconnectors, offshore wind plans, battery storage facilities, and hydrogen technology development. The expanded cooperation […]