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A consortium led by JERA Co. Inc. has secured the rights to develop and operate a 615-megawatt wind generation project offshore Aomori Prefecture in the Sea of Japan.
The power utility, Green Power Investment Co. Ltd. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc. “were selected as the Project’s business operator by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism”, JERA said in an online statement.
The consortium is called Tsugaru Offshore Energy Community. “Leveraging their respective expertise and strengths to create synergies as a consortium with sufficient capabilities and achievements, the three companies will realize a long-term, stable, and efficient power generation business”, JERA said.
Targeted to start operation June 2030, the project “is one of the largest offshore wind power generation projects” in the East Asian country, JERA said.
Wind turbines will be supplied by Siemens Gamesa, it said.
“As the consortium develops the Project, it will respect the Report on the Opinions of the Council on the Sea of Japan Offshore Aomori Prefecture (Southern Side of the Prefecture) and proceed based on the principles of coexistence and co-prosperity with local communities and the fishing industry”, JERA said.