List of offshore wind farms in Japan

This is a list of offshore wind farms in Japan. Japan intends to announce winners of a second contract round for 1.8 GW of capacity in March 2024.

Operational + Wind farm Prefecture Wind turbine model Unit power (MW) No. of Units Total (MW) Commissioning date Developer Owner / operator CoordinatesNotes and references Setana Wind Farm Hokkaido Vestas V47 0.6 2 1.2 Close to shore"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" Sakata Offshore Wind Farm Yamagata Vestas V80 2.0 8 (3 onshore) 16 Wind Power Kamisu Ibaraki Subaru 80 2 7 14 January 2008 Mitsuuroko Green Energy CO Close to shore, survived exposure to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.4C Offshore site page, accessed 11 February 2011 "First domestic open sea wind power plant starts operation," Denki Shimbun. July 23, 2010. Fukushima Floating Wind Turbine Fukushima Hitachi 2 1 2 November 2013 32% cf, 20 km from shore. 66kV floating transformerElaine Kurtenbach. "Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima" The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2013. Accessed: 11 November 2013.Fukushima Forward pamphletNoshiro PortAkitaVestas4.22084December 2022Marubeni Tohoku Electric PowerAkita PortAkitaVestas4.21355December 2022Marubeni Tohoku Electric Power Ishikari Bay Hokkaido Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD 8.0 14 112 2023 Pattern Energy JERA & NTT Anode Energy 3km from shore. 180MWh battery.

Planned +Wind farm projectPrefectureWind turbine modelUnit power (MW)No. of UnitsTotal (MW)Commissioning dateDeveloperOwner / operatorCoordinatesNotes and references Kitakyushu Fukuoka 44 Kyuden Mirai Cost 175bn yen ($1.5bn) YurihonjoAkitaGE12.6658192030MitsubishiChubu JPY 12/kWhNoshiroAkitaGE12.6 384782028MitsubishiChubu JPY 13/kWhChoshiChibaGE12.6313902028MitsubishiJPY 16/kWh

List of offshore wind farms in Japan

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