REpower Systems AG has received an order to deliver 19 wind energy turbines to Japan. The REpower MD77-type turbines each provide a rated power of 1.5MW. Two of the turbines are expected to be erected this autumn (2005) in the northwest of Japan’s main island Honshu, in the coastal city of Akita. Delivery of a further 17 turbines is scheduled for the first quarter of 2006. They will be installed close to the coastal city of Hachiryu, also in the northwest of Honshu.