List of offshore wind farms in Japan

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This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in Japan (within the national maritime boundaries).

List

Wind farm Prefecture Wind turbine model Unit power (MW) No. of Units Total (MW) Commissioning date Developer Owner / operator Coordinates Notes and references
Setana Wind Farm Hokkaido Prefecture Vestas V47 0.6 MW 2 1.2 MW Close to shore [1]
Sakata Offshore Wind Farm Yamagata Prefecture Vestas V80 2.0 MW 8 (3 onshore) 16 MW [2]
Wind Power Kamisu Ibaraki Prefecture Subaru 80 2 MW 7 14 MW Close to shore, survived exposure to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[3][4]

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Fukushima Floating Wind Turbine Fukushima Prefecture 2 MW 1 2 MW November 2013 [6][7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Offshore wind farms planned," Japan Times, May 9, 2010; retrieved 13 Dec 2010; Kawasaki Heavy Industries, "Japan’s First Offshore Wind Power System Delivered to Hokkaido"
  2. ↑ "Datasheet for Sakata Offshore Wind Farm". LORC Knowledge. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  3. ↑ 4C Offshore site page, accessed 11 February 2011
  4. ↑ "First domestic open sea wind power plant starts operation," Denki Shimbun. July 23, 2010.
  5. ↑ Wood, Elisa (2011-05-25). "The Dangers of Energy Generation". Renewable Energy World. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03.
  6. ↑ Elaine Kurtenbach. "Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima" The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2013. Accessed: 11 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Fukushima Forward pamphlet
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