Floating Offshore Wind in Japan: The 20 kW to 2 MW Gap Behind the Albatross and Sumitomo Heavy Alliance
FLOATING WIND Albatross Technology and Sumitomo Heavy Industries agreed a capital and business alliance on 9 September 2026. The subject
Japan Rewrites Its Wind Turbine Lightning Rule: Operators Must Now Know a Strike Happened, or Borescope the Blade
TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS On 6 August 2026 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry revised its interpretation of the technical
Japan’s Floating Wind Base Ports Cannot Work Alone: MLIT Sets a 2-Year Build Target and a 400 km Towing Radius
POLICY & REGULATION On 5 August 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) opened the first FY2026
Floating Construction Platforms for Japan’s Offshore Wind: Can Logistics Move Offshore Instead of Expanding Ports?
MARKET DYNAMICS Three quays and twelve foundation fabrication lines. That, on MLIT’s modelling, is what it takes to build 1
Japan Funds Floating Wind Installation R&D: Seven MLIT Projects, and the Vessel Question
PROJECT EXECUTION On 24 July 2026, the Ports and Harbours Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Can Marine Drones Cut Offshore Wind O&M Costs? Japan’s OPEX and Bankability Test
TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS If offshore wind O&M — operation and maintenance, the inspection, repair, and part replacement that keeps turbines
Inside Japan’s ¥83.3bn GX Supply Chain Subsidy: Manufacturing Capacity Floors vs Pipeline Reality
POLICY & REGULATION Japan’s GX Supply Chain subsidy program (Project I: floating and other offshore wind equipment, roughly ¥83.3bn) is
BP’s Reported Exit from 450 MW Yuza: Why Winning Japan’s Offshore Wind Auction Isn’t the Same as Financing It
COST & COMMERCIAL VIABILITY BP is reportedly in talks to leave the 450 MW Yuza offshore wind project in Yamagata
REACH Launched in Kitakyushu: What Japan’s First Operational-Anchor Offshore Wind Cluster Means
MARKET DYNAMICS Japan commissioned its largest offshore wind project in March 2026 — the 220 MW Kitakyushu Hibiki Nada Offshore
Japan’s JPY 370 Trillion Growth Strategy: Where Offshore Wind Sits in the 17 Priority Fields
MARKET DYNAMICS Japan’s government is finalizing a new growth strategy that targets approximately JPY 370 trillion in combined public and