JAPAN LAUNCHES AUCTION FOR TWO OFFSHORE WIND POWER PROJECTS

The Japanese government launched a third major round of auctions on Friday to select operators for two new offshore wind power projects in the northern part of the country. There are two areas for the wind power projects, one is in the southern side of the Japan Sea off Aomori prefecture near Tsugaru city and the town of Ajigasawa which will have capacity of 600 megawatts and the other area is in coast of Yamagata prefecture near the town of Yuza and will have capacity of 450 MW.

Both were selected in October as "promotion areas" to develop offshore wind farms and will be fixed-bottom wind farms. The projects could start by mid-2030. Japan introduced a new law in 2019 to promote the development of wind farms and plans to select operators for up to 10 gigawatts (GW).

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