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According to Reuters, the Japanese government launched a third major round of auctions last Friday to select operators for two new offshore wind power areas capable of generating 1.05 gigawatts (GW).
[Read more…] about Japan launches auction for two offshore wind power projectsRWE plans further expansions into Japan’s offshore wind sector after winning its first project last month, a senior executive told Reuters, and also considers South Korea a promising market.
[Read more…] about RWE plans further Japan offshore wind push, South Korea in focusOne of Japan’s largest offshore wind farms has started commercial operation in the prefecture of Hokkaido.
[Read more…] about Commercial operation Japan’s largest-scale offshore wind farmToda Construction together with five other companies have acquired the jack-up vessel Teras Sunrise with the intention of modifying the vessel to be more suitable for offshore wind installation.
[Read more…] about Another jack-up vessel for Japanese offshore wind marketPenta-Ocean Construction is pleased to announce that CP-16001 (hereinafter, the Vessel), an offshore installation vessel equipped with a 1,600t lifting crane was completed and delivered.
[Read more…] about Completion of CP-16001, new offshore installation vessel JapanJapan’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.
[Read more…] about Structural defects delay Japan’s first floating offshore wind farmAfter the initial agreement announced in March 2023, JERA from Japan has successfully closed an acquisition of 100% of the shares of Parkwind from Virya Energy.
[Read more…] about JERA officially new shareholder of ParkwindJapan’s Toshiba plans to establish a domestic supply chain for offshore wind power equipment together with U.S. manufacturer General Electric.
[Read more…] about Offshore wind equipment supply chain in JapanVestas has secured a 238 MW order from Hibiki Wind Energy for the Kitakyushu-Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm Project located off the coast of Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.
[Read more…] about Vestas secures 238 MW order for offshore wind project in JapanClassNK – Nippon Kaiji Kyokai has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the conversion plan of the medium-sized self-elevating platform (SEP) vessel.
[Read more…] about ClassNK issues AiP for conversion plan medium-sized SEP vessel
