Japan’s business and land ministries on Wednesday picked three consortia, together with one that includes Germany’s RWE and its companions, to function offshore wind farms within the second spherical of a public public sale. They stated they might award a fourth wind farm that was a part of the tender at a later date.
The outcomes of the second main spherical beneath a brand new regulation to advertise wind energy have been intently watched by power firms at house and overseas, after the primary spherical was dominated by Mitsubishi Corp.
Japan’s offshore wind energy market is ready to develop as the federal government goals to have 10 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind farm offers by 2030, and as much as 45 GW by 2040, as a part of its decarbonisation push.
The winner of a 315-megawatt (MW) wind farm off the coast of Oga-Katagami-Akita in Akita prefecture in northern Japan was a consortium of JERA, Electric Power Development (J-Power), Itochu and Tohoku Electric Power.
Another consortium of Mitsui & Co., RWE and Osaka Gas gained a 684 MW wind farm off the coast of Murakami-Tainai in Niigata prefecture in northern Japan.
A 3rd group of Sumitomo Corp and Tokyo Electric Power’s renewable energy unit gained a 420 MW wind farm off the coast of Enoshima in Nagasaki prefecture in southwestern Japan.
The three tasks are all bottom-fixed kind wind farms and scheduled to begin operation between June 2028 and August 2029.
The JERA consortium and the Sumitomo group plan to make use of Vestas wind generators, whereas the Mitsui consortium plans to put in General Electric generators.
Two to 4 teams bid on every of the three blocks. The winners achieved the very best analysis rating when it comes to bidding value and enterprise feasibility amongst different standards, stated Takahiro Ishii, director of the wind power coverage workplace on the business ministry.
“We have selected the best plans to help achieve Japan’s 2030 energy mix goal and curb the public burden of the renewable energy levy,” he stated.
The ministries plan to announce the winner of the remaining 356 MW farm off the coast of Happo-Noshiro in Akita prefecture in March 2024, as revisions to the plan are wanted by the potential operator as a result of the timing of using a port overlapped with one other Akita undertaking.
(Reuters)
