Japan has issued a call for developers interested in building and operating a floating offshore wind farm off Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture. The country’s economy and land ministries will select the winner of the auction around June 2021.
The deadline for bidding in the auction is 24 December 2020. Winning bidders will be chosen after consulting with experts on the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed business plans. The capacity of the floating wind farm must be at least 16.8MW. The feed-in tariff for the farm is set at 36 yen per kilowatt hour.