Japan's Marubeni brings online rest of 140-MW offshore wind project

Japan’s Marubeni Corp (TYO:8002) has kicked off commercial operations at the 54.6-MW Akita Port Offshore Wind Farm off Akita prefecture in Japanese waters, the trading company said on Monday.

The wind farm, located off Akita Port and Noshiro Port, is part of a 140-MW complex that also includes the 84-MW Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm and is now Japan's first large-scale offshore wind power complex. Both plants will operate under the country’s feed-in tariff regime.

The Noshiro wind farm started generating electricity in December last year.

The offshore complex features a total of 33 turbines, an onshore substation, and transmission lines. Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Network Co Inc is the power off-taker under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

Marubeni implemented the JPY-100-billion (USD 768.3m/EUR 708.7m) Akita Port and Noshiro Port schemes through the AOW consortium that also includes Obayashi Corp, Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc, Cosmo Eco Power Co Ltd, Kansai Electric Power Co Inc, Chubu Electric Power Co Inc, Akita Bank Ltd, Ohmori Co Ltd, Sawakigumi Corporation, Kyowa Oil Co Ltd, Katokensetsu Co Ltd, Kanpu Co Ltd and Sankyo Co Ltd.

(JPY 100 = USD 0.768/EUR 0.709)

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