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.^[1]

Operational


Wind farm	Prefecture	Wind turbine model	Unit power (MW)	No. of Units	Total (MW)	Commissioning date	Developer	Owner / operator	Notes and references
Setana Wind Farm	Hokkaido	Vestas V47	0.6	2	1.2				Close to shore^[2]
Sakata Offshore Wind Farm	Yamagata	Vestas V80	2.0	8 (3 onshore)	16				^[3]
Wind Power Kamisu	Ibaraki	Subaru 80	2	7	14	January 2008^[4]		Mitsuuroko Green Energy CO^[5]	Close to shore, survived exposure to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[6]^[7]^[8]
Fukushima Floating Wind Turbine	Fukushima	Hitachi	2	1	2	November 2013			32% cf, 20 km from shore. 66kV floating transformer^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Noshiro & Akita	Akita	Vestas	4.2	33	140	December 2022	Marubeni	Tohoku Electric Power	^[14]^[15]
[[Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm ]] \|\| Ishikari Bay, Ishikari, Hokkaido \|\| Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD \|\| 8.0 \|\| 14 \|\| 112 \|\| 2023 \|\| Pattern Energy \|\| JERA & NTT Anode Energy \|\| 43°20′N 141°7′E / 43.333°N 141.117°E / 43.333; 141.117 \|\| 3km from shore. 180MWh battery.^[16]

Planned


Wind farm project	Prefecture	Wind turbine model	Unit power (MW)	No. of Units	Total (MW)	Commissioning date	Developer	Owner / operator	Notes and references
Kitakyushu	Fukuoka			44				Kyuden Mirai	Cost 175bn yen ($1.5bn) ^[17]
Yurihonjo	Akita	GE	12.6	65	819	2030	Mitsubishi	Chubu	JPY 12/kWh^[18]
Noshiro	Akita	GE	12.6	38	478	2028	Mitsubishi	Chubu	JPY 13/kWh^[18]
Choshi	Chiba	GE	12.6	31	390	2028	Mitsubishi		JPY 16/kWh^[18]

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List of offshore wind farms in Japan

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