Japan selects three groups for 2nd round of offshore wind power tender
13/12/2023 09:54
TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Japan's industry and land
ministries on Wednesday selected three consortiums, including
one by Germany's RWE RWEG.DE and its partners, as the wind
power operators for three offshore blocks among four areas
tendered in a second round of public auctions.
The results of the second major round under a new law to
promote wind power were closely watched by energy companies at
home and abroad, after the first round was dominated by
Mitsubishi Corp 8058.T .
Japan's offshore wind power market is set to grow as the
government aims to have 10 gigawatt (GW) of offshore wind farm
deals by 2030, and up to 45 GW by 2040, as part of its
decarbonisation push.
The winner of the 315-megawatt (MW) wind farm off the coast
of Oga-Katagami-Akita in Akita prefecture in northern Japan is a
consortium of JERA, Electric Power Development (J-Power)
9513.T , Itochu 8001.T and Tohoku Electric Power 9506.T .
Another consortium of Mitsui & Co 8031.T , RWE and Osaka
Gas 9532.T won the 684 MW wind farm off the coast of
Murakami-Tainai in Niigata prefecture in northern Japan.
The third group of Sumitomo Corp 8053.T and Tokyo Electric
Power's 9501.T renewable power unit won the 420 MW wind farm
off the coast of Enoshima in Nagasaki prefecture in southwestern
Japan.
The ministries plan to announce the winner of the 356 MW
farm off the coast of Happo-Noshiro in Akita prefecture in March
2024, they said in a statement.
The government finished accepting bids for the second round
of offshore wind power tenders at the end of June to build 1.8
GW of capacity in four blocks.
Japan aims to boost renewable power capacity to help achieve
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(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
((Yuka.Obayashi@thomsonreuters.com; +813-4520-1265;))