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Mitsubishi sweeps board in Japanese offshore wind auction

All three projects awarded in country’s first large-scale tender will be developed by consortiums led by Mitsubishi

Two consortiums led by Japanese multinational Mitsubishi have won all three offshore wind projects in Japan’s recent Round 1 auction. The projects include a windfarm off the coast of Choshi city in Chiba, scheduled to start operations in September 2028, and two windfarms off the coast of Akita prefecture in the north, scheduled for end-2028 and end-2030. US engineering giant GE will supply turbines for all three windfarms. The Chiba project is expected to have 391MW of capacity, meeting the power demand of approximately 280,000 households, Mitsubishi says. The first Akita project to be developed will have 479MW of capacity and the second will have 819MW. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade an

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