BMS moves into Vietnam
BMS moves into VietnamDanish crane and access and heavy lift group BMS has formed a strategic alliance with Vietnam’s Dang Gia corporation.The Alliance between BMS Heavy Cranes and Dang Gia’s crane sa...

Vestas signs pact for three Vietnam wind farms
Vestas signs pact for three Vietnam wind farmsVestas Wind Systems AS has secured its largest wind turbine order in Vietnam.It has signed a deal for 144 megawatts of wind power in three wind parks in t...

Add $702 million wind farm to national power plan: central province
Add $702 million wind farm to national power plan: central provinceHa Tinh Province has requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to add its VND16.2 trillion ($702 million) Ky Anh MK wind farm to t...

Vietnam - prime minister requests moit to supplement more wind power projects into the electricity development plan and to extend the deadline of fit rate
Vietnam - prime minister requests moit to supplement more wind power projects into the electricity development plan and to extend the deadline of fit rate

Ayala, partner push 2 wind projects in Vietnam (AC Energy, UPC to develop Vietnam wind projects)
Ayala, partner push 2 wind projects in Vietnam (AC Energy, UPC to develop Vietnam wind projects)Following recent equity acquisition in an Australian renewable energy firm, the joint venture of AC Ener...

US private equity firm Bain Capital, first entered Japan in 2006 with an office in Tokyo. Since then, the firm has invested in 17 local companies, including Japan Wind Development.
US private equity firm Bain Capital, first entered Japan in 2006 with an office in Tokyo. Since then, the firm has invested in 17 local companies, including Japan Wind Development.

Japanese energy major JXTG Holdings names new president
Japanese energy major JXTG Holdings names new presidentKatsuyuki Ota was appointed president of JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy in June 2018. Since then, he has been leading the development of new busine...

Japan-based power company, JERA has announced its membership to the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) and its Floating Offshore Wind Committee (FOWC).
Japan-based power company, JERA has announced its membership to the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) and its Floating Offshore Wind Committee (FOWC).21. Japan’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Projec...

Sif Starts Production of Akita-Noshiro, Saint Nazaire Foundations
Sif Starts Production of Akita-Noshiro, Saint Nazaire FoundationsSif has started the production of monopile foundations for the Akita-Noshiro and Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farms in Japan and France,...

Japan Renewable Alert 46: 1. Japan Preparing for First Offshore Auction under New Act 2.
Japan Renewable Alert 46: 1. Japan Preparing for First Offshore Auction under New Act 2.(1) Implementation of Offshore Renewable Energy ActAs we reported in our Renewable Alert Letter 40, the Act of P...

Ramboll wins offshore wind contract in Japan
Ramboll wins offshore wind contract in JapanRamboll engineers will perform the detailed foundation design for a new offshore wind farm in Japan.The special conditions in Japan and the extreme natural ...

Penta-Ocean and DEME Offshore sign MoU for offshore wind projects in Japan
Penta-Ocean and DEME Offshore sign MoU for offshore wind projects in JapanPenta-Ocean and DEME Offshore sign MoU for offshore wind projects in Japanenta-Ocean Construction (Japan) and DEME Offshore (B...

Renova readies Japanese offshore wind farm
Renova readies Japanese offshore wind farmRenova, Inc. is finalising its contracting and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its Akita Yurihonjo offshore wind farm ahead of Japan"s upcoming...

Offshore Wind Consultants Settling in Japan
Offshore Wind Consultants Settling in JapanOffshore Wind Consultants (OWC) is setting up an office in Tokyo to support the Japanese offshore wind market.OWC stated that it had previously worked in Jap...

IX Wind opens office in Tokyo
IX Wind opens office in TokyoIX Wind has opened an office in Tokyo Japan. The office will be manned by Rob van Veen, a Dutch/British national living in Tokyo.In 2018 the company already opened an offi...

Seajacks International awarded foundation installation contract in Japan
Seajacks International awarded foundation installation contract in JapanSeajacks Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seajacks International (UK) has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation for...

Tokyo Gas Invests In Principle Power, A Leading Floating Wind Power Technology Company
Tokyo Gas Invests In Principle Power, A Leading Floating Wind Power Technology CompanyTokyo Gas announces that it has become one of the primary investors and shareholders of Principle Power, Inc. (Pre...

2020 will be an inflection point in the national full-scale development of offshore wind after a new law took effect in April 2019 allowing offshore turbines to operate for up to 30 years.Over 2,916 MW of projects are in the EIA process, which will get ready for construction within 5-7 years.
2020 will be an inflection point in the national full-scale development of offshore wind after a new law took effect in April 2019 allowing offshore turbines to operate for up to 30 years.Over 2,916 M...

Japan’s Tepco Plans $18 Billion Green Power Push by 2030
Japan’s Tepco Plans $18 Billion Green Power Push by 2030Tepco Renewable Power, plans to help fund its new ventures through a green bond offering that may exceed 10 billion yen and is likely to come be...

Consortium formed for offshore wind power project in Japan
Consortium formed for offshore wind power project in JapanSumitomo Corporation, Inpex, Japan Petroleum Exploration, JR-EAST Energy Development, Kato Construction, Narita Construction, TEPCO Renewable ...

Palfinger enters Japanese offshore wind market
Palfinger enters Japanese offshore wind marketPalfinger PF8000 fixed boom cranePalfinger has been commissioned to deliver 33 fixed boom cranes for the the Akita and Noshiro offshore wind farms in Japa...

Principle Power Gains Ground In Japan
Principle Power Gains Ground In JapanTakashi Uchida, the president of Tokyo Gas, recently stated that: “Tokyo Gas has been diversifying into power generation over the last few years and building a por...

Japan"s TEPCO unveils global offshore wind ambition under $18bn clean energy drive
Japan"s TEPCO unveils global offshore wind ambition under $18bn clean energy driveUtility sees 7GW offshore wind portfolio as renewables unit grows capacity by 70%Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) is ...

BMT’s first design of WFSV for operation in Japan
BMT’s first design of WFSV for operation in JapanThe optimised design for a windfarm support vessel (WFSV) under the Japanese flag adds to BMT’s expanding portfolio of WFSV’s operating worldwide and e...

Japan’s First CTVs Under Construction
Japan’s First CTVs Under ConstructionTwo wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) are currently being built for the Akita Noshiro project, the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Japan established on a c...

Japan Goto Island floater in the frame for first Japanese offshore wind auction
Japan Goto Island floater in the frame for first Japanese offshore wind auctionJapan’s first auction for offshore wind may take place as soon as September, but will be a floating wind project, not a b...

Cheoy Lee Building WFSV Pair for Japanese Wind Farms
Cheoy Lee Building WFSV Pair for Japanese Wind FarmsCurrently under construction at Cheoy Lee Shipyards" Hin Lee (Zhuhai) Shipyard facility are two 27-meter wind farm support vessels (WFSV) to su...

TEPCO Renewable Power Reveals Big Spend on Offshore Wind
TEPCO Renewable Power Reveals Big Spend on Offshore WindTEPCO Holdings’ renewable energy unit, which commenced business operation as an independent company on 1 April under the name TEPCO Renewable Po...

RWE unveils plan to enter Japan"s offshore wind tender with Kyuden Mirai (Utility company in Japan)
RWE unveils plan to enter Japan"s offshore wind tender with Kyuden Mirai (Utility company in Japan)German giant and local partner to prepare to enter tender for Yurihonjo City development area

Japanese industrial conglomerate Sumitomo ties up for offshore wind push
Japanese industrial conglomerate Sumitomo ties up for offshore wind push.Development consortium bid for East Sea acreage caps busy week as industry players jockey in emerging regional market.