The government has awarded projects totaling approximately 1 gigawatt of capacity. A consortium including Jera will develop a project near Aomori Prefecture, while another consortium with Marubeni and BP will focus on a project near Yamagata Prefecture.
Japan, facing land scarcity, aims for wind energy to constitute 8% of its power mix by 2040 as part of its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Currently, wind energy accounts for about 1% of the nation’s power supply.
