Japanese floating wind farm heading for early 2026 startup

The Goto Floating Wind Farm consortium has held a naming ceremony for the power plant and eight wind turbines for the Goto City, Japan, offshore wind power generation project.

The chosen names, based on suggestions by local elementary and junior high school students in Goto City and Shinkamigoto Town, are said to symbolize sources of natural energy such as the wind and the sea.

INPEX, a partner in the consortium, said the 16.8-MW development is on track to start operations in January 2026. Each of the eight 2.1-MW wind turbines will be 176.5 m tall, with a rotor diameter of 80 m.

Toda Corp. was awarded the Ministry of Environment’s Floating Offshore Wind Power Demonstration Project in 2010, and six years later started up Japan’s first floating offshore wind facility, the 2-MW Haenkaze, offshore Sakiyama, Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture.

The Goto Floating Wind Farm consortium comprises Toda Corporation ENEOS Renewable Energy, Osaka Gas, INPEX, The Kansai Electric Power Co, and Chubu Electric Power Co.