Marubeni Building Japan’s First Major Offshore Wind Farms shingetsunewsagency.com

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SNA (Tokyo) — The trading company Marubeni Corporation will build Japan’s first large-scale commercial offshore wind farms in Akita Prefecture in an initiative that may help the nation reduce its carbon footprint.
Marubeni and twelve partners have signed loan agreements with several banks for the construction of the two wind farms.
Akita Offshore Wind Corporation, an affiliate of Marubeni, aims to set up a total of 33 wind power generators at port facilities in the cities of Noshiro and Akita.
Japan has previously built wind generators on a trial basis or on very small scale, but this project is the first on a major commercial scale.
Marubeni’s twelve partners are Obayashi Corporation, Tohoku Sustainable & Renewable Energy Company, Cosmo Eco Power Company, Kansai Electric Power Company, Chubu Electric Power Company, Akita Bank, Ohmori Company, Sawakigumi Corporation, Kyowa Oil Company, Kato Construction, Kanpu Company, and Sankyo Company.