Consortia led by industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi won close to 1.7GW in Japan’s first utility-scale offshore wind tender.

Most of the acreage allocated by Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) is off Akita province in the North-West of the island nation.

A consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation Energy Solutions, Venti Japan, C-Tech Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation won the right to build and operate around 819MW of offshore wind off Yurihonjo City in Akita Prefecture.