Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC Consortium Begins Offshore Wind Turbine Assembly- Towards Realization of Floating Offshore Wind Power Generator -[PDF:412.5 KB]

Press Release

October 7, 2022

Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC

TODA CORPORATION

ENEOS Corporation

OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.

INPEX CORPORATION

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC Consortium Begins Offshore Wind Turbine Assembly- Towards Realization of Floating Offshore Wind Power Generator -

Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC (the Consortium) announced today the first of eight floating wind turbine units for the Goto City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project has been completed and loaded onto the semi-submersible spud barge1 Float Raiser at the pier yard in Fukue Port, Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The floating wind turbine unit is scheduled to depart Fukue Port on Saturday October 8, 2022, en route to a location offshore Kabashima to initiate wind turbine assembly work.

1 A large barge for loading floating offshore wind turbines built onshore and floating and launching these offshore in a semi-submersible state

Since April 2022, the Consortium has been following the approval procedure for the exclusive use of sea zones, etc., a requirement for the installation of power generation infrastructure. This follows the Consortium being awarded Japan's first public offering plan certification as an offshore wind power generation facility to be constructed based on the Act of Promoting Utilization of Sea Areas in Development of Power Generation Facilities Using Maritime Renewable Energy Resources.

The Consortium will pursue the construction of a floating offshore wind farm within the designated area, aiming to start commercial operations in January 2024.

Floating wind turbine unit being loaded

Completion of loading

【Media Contacts】

TODA	OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DIV.	TEL：[phone]
ENEOS	PR Dept. PR Group	TEL：[phone]
OSAKA GAS	CORPORATE COMMUNICATION	TEL：[phone]
	DEPT.
INPEX	Public Relations Group	TEL：[phone]
Kansai Electric Power	Office of Corporate Communications	TEL：[phone]
Chubu Electric Power	Corporate Communication Division	TEL：[phone]

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【Business summary】

Project title	Goto City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project
Operator	Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC
Power generation	Floating offshore wind power generation facility 16.8 MW (= 2.1
facility	MW machine x 8 units) (Total length 176.5m, rotor diameter 80m)
Headquarters	Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Start of	January 2024 (Scheduled)
operations
Shareholders	TODA CORPORATION
	ENEOS Corporation
	OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
	INPEX CORPORATION
	The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
	Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

Rendering of project upon completion

【Profiles of Consortium Member Companies】

TODA CORPORATION

Established	January 1881
Representative	Otani Seisuke, President and Representative Director
Head Office	8-5 Hatchobori 2-Chome,Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Business Areas	・Research, planning, design, management, and
	execution related to all aspects of architectural and civil
	engineering comprehensive engineering and consulting
	related thereto
	・Research, planning, design, management, and execution
	related to local development, urban development, etc.;

comprehensive engineering and consulting related thereto ・Real estate sale and purchase, rental, intermediary services,

management, and appraisal

ENEOS Corporation

Established	May 1888
Representative	Saito Takeshi , Representative Director, President
Head Office	1-1-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Business Areas	・Refining and sales of petroleum products (such as gasoline,
	kerosene, and lubricating oil)
	・Import and sale of gas and coal
	・Manufacture and sale of petrochemical products
	・Supply of electricity and hydrogen

OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.

Established			April 1897
Representative			Fujiwara Masataka, Representative Director and President
Head Office			4-1-2Hirano-machi,Chuo-ku, Osaka
Business Areas		・Production, supply and sale of gas
			・Power generation and sale of electricity, etc.
INPEX CORPORATION
Established	April 2006
Representative	Ueda Takayuki, Representative Director, President & CEO
Head Office	Akasaka Biz Tower, Akasaka 5-3-1,Minato-ku, Tokyo
Business	In addition to the exploration, development, production and
Areas	marketing of petroleum, natural gas and other mineral resources in
	Japan and other countries, INPEX is actively endeavoring to
	develop renewable energies, hydrogen energy, carbon dioxide
	capture and storage (CCS) technology, methanation technology
	and other new technologies.
The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Established			May 1951
Representative			Mori Nozomu, Director, Representative Executive Officer,
			President
Head Office			3-6-16 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku,Osaka
Business Areas			Electric power, heat supply, telecommunications, gas supply, etc.
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Established			May 1951
Representative			Hayashi Kingo, President & Director
Head Office			1, Higashi-shincho,Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
Business Areas			Renewable energy business, overseas business, community
			support infrastructure related business, etc.