Japan currently has six operational offshore wind farms, with two of them being large-scale, the 84 MW Noshiro Port and the 54.6 MW Akita Port projects.
Akita Port was put into commercial operation in January 2023 while Noshiro Port has been in commercial operation since December 2022.
On 19 January, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism launched the tender for an offshore wind site in the Sea of Japan, off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, and a site off the coast of the town of Yuza in Yamagata Prefecture.
The tender is open until 19 July and the developers of the two project sites will be selected by December this year.
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