JERA and Green Power Investment Corp. (GPI) have commenced operations at the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm — the largest commercial wind farm in Japan — which they own through Green Power Ishikari GK, a special-purpose corporation.
Located in Hokkaido’s Ishikari Bay New Port, the wind farm has a total output of 112,000 kilowatts with 14 installed wind turbines manufactured by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Onshore construction was carried out by Kajima Corp. and offshore construction by a joint venture between Shimizu Corp. and Nippon Steel Engineering Co.
All electricity generated will be supplied to Hokkaido Electric Power Network (HEPN) for a period of 20 years after being routed through a project transformer substation with 180,000 kilowatt hours of battery storage capacity, and then through HEPN’s Nishi Sapporo Substation.
