The
company
installed
a
single
2.4MW
turbine
about
3km
off
the
coast
from
Choshi
city,
Chiba
prefecture.
Japan’s
New
Energy
and
Industrial
Technology
Development
Organisation
(NEDO)
funded
two-thirds
of
the
3.5bn
yen
($43m)
in
project
costs,
with
the
remainder
put
up
by
Tokyo
Electric
Power
(TEPCO).
The
turbine,
installed
with
fixed
foundations,
will
be
connected
to
the
TEPCO
grid
in
January
2013
using
underwater
cables.
Mitsubishi’s
2.4MW
turbine
is
the
largest
to
be
installed
off
Japan’s
coast.
The
project
had
been
scheduled
to
start
last
year
but
was
delayed
following
the
March…
