Northland Power has announced the signing of an agreement with Shizen Energy to jointly establish Chiba Offshore Wind, a 50:50 joint venture, to develop early stage offshore wind development opportunities in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The projects have a combined capacity of approximately 600MW.
With a global fleet of assets generating in excess of 2.4 GW, Northland Power has operating facilities in Canada, Latin America, and Europe. In addition, Northland has a project pipeline of 1.4+ GW under construction and advanced development, including Asia, where it owns a 60% equity stake in the 1,044 MW Hai Long project under development in Taiwan.
Shizen Energy has contributed to the development of approximately 1GW worth of renewable energy in Japan and is expanding its portfolio to include solar, onshore & offshore wind, biomass and hydro power generation.