A 160MW offshore wind plant to be built in Japan in 2024
Out-Law News | 14 Apr 2021 | 1:22 am | 1 min. read
A new offshore wind plant is to be built at Kashima port on Japan’s east coast and generate 159.6 megawatts (MW) of power at full capacity.
The plant will span 680 hectares and its construction work will start from 2024. It is expected to have 19 turbine generators. Once operational, the wind plant is expected to deliver energy for over 70,000 Japanese locals each year.
Japan’s Wind Power Group, Tokyo Gas and Vena Energy, will establish a joint venture to complete the project.
The project is expected to support Japan’s 2050 carbon neutrality strategy. In December last year the Japanese government set targets of installing 10GW of offshore wind power by 2030 and between 30 and 45GW by 2040 as part of plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 – a target that Japan s prime minister Yoshihide Suga announced in October 2020.
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Japan and ADB agree clean energy cooperation
Out-Law News | 09 Feb 2021 | 2:47 am |
Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will work together on clean energy projects identified by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), they have said.
The two sides will work on renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency, and other technologies for low carbon energy transition, they said.
The work will focus on the implementation of the Cleaner Energy Future Initiative for ASEAN’s (CEFIA’s) flagship projects.
They will also develop policy research and capacity building activities, share data analysis, knowledge and experiences in the energy sector.