2024. 6. 12The Southern Akita Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Project is Selected as a NEDO Green Innovation FundProjectJapan Marine United Corporation is pleased to announce that the Southern Akita Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration
Project Aimed at Overseas Expansion via Cost Reductions(hereinafter, "the Project"), proposed by a consortium led byMarubeni Offshore Wind Development Corporation (hereinafter, “MOWD”), has been selected under the "GreenInnovation Fund Project*/ Cost Reductions for Offshore Wind Power Generation/ Floating Offshore Wind Power
Demonstration Project (Phase 2)" publicly solicited by the New Energy and Industrial Technology DevelopmentOrganization (NEDO).
The consortium consists of MOWD as the leading company; Akita Floating Offshore Wind Corporation, a special purpose
company in which Marubeni has invested; Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.; Japan Marine United Corporation; TOACORPORATION; TOKYO SEIKO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD.; Kanden Plant Corporation; JFE Engineering Corporation;
and NAKANIHON AIR Co., Ltd
Offshore wind is expected to become a major power source of renewable energy due to its potential for large-scale
generation capacity, cost reductions, and positive contributions to the local economy. In particular, the use of floatingoffshore wind is expected to grow rapidly as its power generation facilities can be installed in a wider range of sea areas,
allowing for cost reductions at an early stage. NEDO’s “Cost Reductions of Offshore Wind Power Generation” project
aims to establish a technology to commercialize floating offshore wind power generation at an internationally competitive
cost level by fiscal year 2030 under specific conditions.
The Project is planned to deploy two units of over 15MW wind turbine onsite at approximately 400 meters deep off thesouthern coast of Akita Prefecture. The project period will be from July 2024 to March 2031, with commercial operation
scheduled to start in autumn 2029.
* A fund established by NEDO under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to support companies committed toambitious goals toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, providing continuous support for research, development,demonstration, and social implementation for up to 10 years.

Project Name:Demonstration Area:
Wind Turbine Output:
Wind Turbine No.
Floater Type
Project Period

Planed outline of the Project.
Southern Akita Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Project Aimed at Overseas Exp
ansion via Cost Reductions.
Off the southern coast of Akita Prefecture(About 25 km offshore, depth of about 400 m)
Over 15 MW2
Semi-submersible
Jul. 2024 to Mar. 2031

Image of the Project (floater : Semi-submersible developed by JMU)

Implementation area of the Project (Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).

Company Overviews
Company Name:

Marubeni Offshore Wind Development Corporation

Head Office:4-2, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Establishment:

21 April 2020

Representative:

Hisafumi Manabe

Main Business:

Development and operation of offshore wind power projects in Japan and abroad

Website:https://mowd.jp/en/

Company Name:

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

Head Office:1-7-1 Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi

Establishment:

1 May 1951

Representative:

Kojiro Higuchi

Main Business:

Electric Power, etc.

Website:https://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/english/index.html

Company Name:

Akita Floating Offshore Wind Corporation.

Head Office:4-2, Otemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Establishment:

1 February 2024

Representative:

Hisafumi Manabe

Main Business:

Demonstration and research projects related to floating offshore wind turbines

Company Name:Japan Marine United Corporation

Head Office:4-4-2 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa

Establishment:

1 January 2013

Representative:

Nobuyuki Nada

Main Business:

Design, manufacture, purchase and sale of ships, naval and patrol vessels, marine floaters, etc.

Website:https://www.jmuc.co.jp/en/

Company Name:TOA CORPORATIONHead Office:3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Establishment:

23 January 1920

Representative:

Takeshi Hayakawa

Main Business:

General Construction Company(Marine Engineering, On-land Civil Engineering, Dredging and Reclamation, Building, Land
Development and Sale, Development Business and Building Consultation)Website:

https://www.toa-const.co.jp/eng/Company Name:TOKYO SEIKO ROPE MFG. CO., LTD.

Head Office:

1-1 Nakamura, Toyooka-cho, Gamagori, Aichi

Establishment:

25 July 1968

Representative:

Yoshinori Matsumoto

Main Business:

Manufacture, tailoring, and processing of ropes and nets made from various fibers, synthetic resins,and metal materials.

Website:https://www.fiber-tokyorope.jp/english/

Company Name:

Kanden Plant Corporation

Head Office:2-9-18 Honjohigashi, Kita-ku, Osaka

Establishment:

1 October 1953

Representative:

Niichiro Kitamura

Main Business:

Design, construction and management of the following: electrical works, telecommunicationequipment, machinery and instrumentation installation, plumbing, civil engineering works andbuilding works first-class archtect’s office etc

Website:https://www.kanden-plant.co.jp/

Company Name:

JFE Engineering Corporation

Head Office:2-3, Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Establishment:

8 June 1912

Representative:

Kazuyoshi Fukuda

Main Business:

Comprehensive engineering business

Website:https://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/

Company Name:

NAKANIHON AIR Co., Ltd.

Head Office:2, Azatonogama, Oazatoyoba, Toyoyama-cho, Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi

Establishment:

4 May 1953

Representative:

Hajime Futagami

Main Business:

Aviation business, Research and Survey business

Website:https://www.nnk.co.jp/en/