SB Energy, the renewables unit of Japanese telecoms giant SoftBank, has decided to sell its interest in a 100MW offshore wind project east of Tokyo, citing disagreements with other stakeholders.

The Tokyo-based company in July 2014​ announced plans to invest in the wind farm at the port of Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture — a near-shore, fixed foundation project using 20 5MW wind turbines – in co-operation with construction group Komatsuzaki.

However,