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
GWEC Global Offshore Wind Report 2026: Japan’s 3.5 GW Forecast and the FID Barrier
MARKET DYNAMICS GWEC’s Global Offshore Wind Report 2026 forecasts Japan at 3.5 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030
Japan Revises Its Offshore Wind Auction Guidelines (June 2026): Price Floor, Feasibility Reweighting, and Schedule Flexibility
In Brief On 5 June 2026, METI and MLIT revised the Operational Guidelines for the Occupancy Public Tender System (一般海域における占用公募制度の運用指針)
Obayashi Secures World-First AiP for Hybrid TLP Floating Wind — A Second Path for Japan Beyond Semi-Sub
Why This AiP Matters On 25 May 2026, Obayashi Corporation received Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai)
The Total Withdrawal Pattern: Why Mitsubishi Wasn’t an Outlier
Within a span of two months, TotalEnergies has announced its exit from offshore wind projects in two major markets —
Japan’s Wet Storage Gap: From Specification to Delivery in Floating Wind Logistics
On January 14 and March 4, 2026, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) convened the second and
Offshore Wind Cost Is About When You Lock the System, Not What You Buy — Hitachi Energy × Ørsted and the Shift to Integrated Execution
This Is Not a Hardware Story On 24 April 2026, Hitachi Energy and Danish offshore wind major Ørsted announced a
Japan’s 2050 Grid Master Plan Under Review: Offshore Wind Held at 45 GW as Data Center Siting Reshapes Transmission Scenarios
On 22 April 2026, Japan’s Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO) convened the 100th meeting of its Transmission
Japan’s First Offshore Wind Tower Factory, Akita Blade Failure, and MLIT’s Floating Wind Installation R&D Program
Japan’s offshore wind execution layer continued to take shape this week — with a milestone in domestic manufacturing, a safety