Wind Energy News in Japan
| 5/12/2022 - BW Ideol and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. are pleased to announce that both companies have signed a formal agreement and initiated the feasibility studies necessary to jointly develop a commercial-... |
| 4/6/2022 - Seawind has announced its collaboration with JGC Japan Corporation (JGC) and
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), enhancing Seawind’s own development expertise with the world
class capabilities and experien... |
| 3/23/2022 - bp is partnering with Marubeni, the major Japanese integrated trading and investment conglomerate, to explore a selected offshore wind development opportunity in Japan. The two have agreed to form a s... |
| 3/4/2022 - Hokutaku Co., Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced that, the companies established the Hokutaku MOL Wind Energy Investment Limited Partnership (Hokutaku/MOL Wind Energy Fund) with the ob... |
| 3/3/2022 - Japan’s growing offshore wind industry is gaining a Saab Seaeye Cougar XTi underwater robotic vehicle for cable burial inspection and other roles. Kaiyo Engineering has acquired the 2000m ... |
| 2/28/2022 - Kajima Corporation and Van Oord have been selected as the preferred Balance of Plant contractors for three offshore wind projects in Japan. Kajima Corporation, founded in 1840 is one of the largest an... |
| 2/25/2022 - JWPA announces the installed capacity of wind power generation in Japan as of the end of December 2021. They are surveyed by the JWPA. The cumulative installed capacity at the end of Decem... |
| 2/21/2022 - TOKYO- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on evaluating potential collaboration in offshore wind power plant construction, with t... |
| 1/5/2022 - BW Ideol AS has executed an investment agreement with JERA, Japan’s largest utility company, and ADEME Investissement, a French State-owned investment company aiming at financing innovative infrastruc... |
| 12/8/2021 - Shizen Energy Inc. and Swancor Renewable Energy Co.,Ltd. have now agreed to jointly develop offshore wind farms in a wide range throughout the Kyushu region in a joint venture. By combining Swancor Re... |
| 12/3/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (“MOL”) and Flotation Energy plc.(“Flotation Energy”) have agreed to jointly evaluate offshore wind development opportunities in Japan. The agreement builds on the 2GW portfo... |
| 12/3/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (“MOL”) and Flotation Energy plc.(“Flotation Energy”) have
agreed to jointly evaluate offshore wind development opportunities in Japan. The
agreement builds on the 2GW po... |
| 11/2/2021 - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced an agreement with Vale International SA (Note 1) to conduct a joint study on installation of a wind propulsion system called "Rotor Sail" (Fig.1) on a 200,000... |
| 9/30/2021 - Vestas has secured a 59 MW order for two projects with Japanese wind power developer, Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation. The order includes supply and supervision of installation of 14 V117-4.2 MW win... |
| 9/29/2021 - New joint ownership offshore wind company with Pacifico Energy will pursue offshore development projects in Japan SSE Renewables has signed an agreement with Pacifico Energy, one of Japan’s... |
| 8/23/2021 - Kansai Electric Power (Kansai EPCO) and RWE Renewables (RWE) have signed an agreement to jointly study the feasibility of a large-scale floating offshore wind project off the Japanese coast. The two c... |
| 8/18/2021 - Founded with a vision to change how the world consumes and transfers renewable energy, PowerX announces its business to innovate power storage and transmission by developing a Power Transfer Vessel to... |
| 8/12/2021 - Aker Offshore Wind and global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power have together been selected as the preferred bidder to acquire an initial 50 percent stake in Progression Energy’s 800M... |
| 8/12/2021 - Aker Offshore Wind and global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power (“Mainstream”) have together been selected as the preferred bidder to acquire an initial 50 percent stake in Progressio... |
| 8/10/2021 - J-Wind Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of J-POWER, established Ishikari Green
Energy Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary on June 7, 2021.
After completing the necessary procedures based on ... |
