Japan’s industry and land ministries have selected three consortiums as the operators for three offshore wind power projects in Akita, northern Japan, and Chiba, near Tokyo.
The winner of the 391MW wind farm off the coast of Choshi in Chiba is a consortium of Mitsubishi Corp Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi Corp and C-Tech Corp, a subsidiary of Chubu Electric Power Co Inc. The same consortium also won the 479MW wind farm off the coast of Noshiro, Mitane and Oga in Akita. A third consortium of the same three companies plus Venti Japan Inc was selected for the 819 MW project off the coast of Yurihonjyo in Akita. The three wind energy projects are scheduled to start operation between September 2028 and December 2030.