Marubeni
was
one
of
two
companies
selected
by
the
Japanese
government
in
August
last
year
to
build
and
operate
a
250MW
wind
farm
off
the
coast
of
Kashima
port.
The
project,
to
use
fixed
foundations,
would
be
Japan’s
largest
wind
farm
when
it
starts
operating
in
2016
“at
the
earliest”,
says
Tomofumi
Fukuda,
deputy
general
manager
at
Marubeni.
Marubeni
will
work
on
the
project
with
partner
company
Wind
Power
Energy
and
will
“most
likely”
use
Hitachi’s
5MW
turbine,
he
tells
Recharge.
Electronics
firm
Hitachi
took
over
the
wind
business
of
Fuji
Heavy…
