Wind Energy – Japan
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.
Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Solutions, Venti Jan, C-Tech Corporation and Mitubishi Corporation have been selected to build a 819 MW Yurihonjo wind farm offshore Akita Prefecture, a 478.8 MW Noshiro Mitane Oga project, also off Akita Prefecture, and a 390.6 MW Choshi project off Chiba Prefecture.
All projects will feature GE Haliade-X wind turbines with an individual capacity of 12.6 MW.
GE will manufacture and deliver a total of 134 units for the three projects. The combined capacity of the three projects is around 1.7 GW.