The
companies
will
develop
7.5MW
of
pilot
projects
in
“a
few
years”
before
starting
work
on
the
commercial
wind
farms,
adds
engineering
and
machinery
group
Hitachi-Zosen
in
a
statement.
The
group
is
aiming
to
invest
120bn
yen
($1.5bn)
in
the
projects,
which
could
total
300MW,
according
to
reports.
The
location
of
the
wind
farms
has
not
yet
been
decided.
The
group
will
initially
test
the
use
of
floating
turbine
systems,
with
a
view
to
moving
ahead
with
the
full-scale
projects
if
successful.
The
plans
are
another
sign
of
Japan’s
aggressive
move
into
offshore
wind,…
