Overview
- Toda Corporation and partners began commercial operation of eight floating turbines off Goto, Nagasaki, on January 5.
- The installation has a total capacity of 16.8 megawatts and will prioritize supply to local electricity retailers to support community consumption.
- Participants include ENEOS Renewables, Osaka Gas, INPEX, Kansai Electric Power, and Chubu Electric Power alongside Toda.
- Commercial start-up occurred two years later than planned after resolving faults in turbine support structures.
- Industry pressures persist as Hitachi exited wind-turbine manufacturing in 2019 and a Toda executive warns large-scale floating deployment in Japan is unlikely over the next decade.