Turbine assembly underway on Japanese floating wind farm

Turbine assembly underway on Japanese floating wind farm. The massive wind turbines will be installed onto the floating platform in a few week’s time and will begin producing power for the grid in November. Offshore Construction Starts on Japan’s First #FloatingWindFarm October 18, 2022, by Adnan Durakovic Offshore construction has started on the 16.8 MW Goto floating wind farm offshore Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, the Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC consortium said. The first of the eight SPAR-type floating foundations has been loaded onto the semi-submersible spud barge, Float Raiser, at Fukue Port and transported to the wind farm site offshore Kabashima where the unit is undergoing installation. The Goto wind farm will feature eight Hitachi 2.1 MW wind turbines installed on hybrid SPAR-type, three-point mooring floating foundations. The Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC expects to fully commission the wind farm in January 2024. Once commissioned, the Goto floati