The demonstration project will cost 12.5bn yen ($154m), Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) tells Recharge.
The project will also include a 2MW turbine made by Fuji Heavy, according to a statement from METI.
It is part of a plan to kick-start the country’s offshore wind sector and rejuvenate the Fukushima area following last year’s earthquake and tsunami.
The floating wind farm will be built by a consortium including Japanese trading house Marubeni, MHI, Mitsubishi Corp, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric and Shimizu.
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