The Tokyo-based manufacturer will provide 44 of its 5MW turbines for the project, according to a statement by industrial engineering giant Hitachi Zosen.
The project will be built by a consortium of 10 companies, led by Osaka-based Hitachi Zosen.
Construction will start in fiscal 2020 in water depths of roughly 10 to 35 metres, approximately 2km off the coast of Murakami, a city in Niigata prefecture.
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