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…
