Hibiki Wind Energy (Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu City, President Yutaka Mizumachi (President of Kyuden Mirai Energy)) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kitakyushu Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm project in Hibikicho, Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu City on the 25th. . In March, the Penta-Ocean Construction/Nippon Steel Engineering Joint Venture began construction of the wind turbine foundation. scheduled to start. The project is expected to cost about 170 billion yen.
sickle case
At the Shinto ritual, President Mizumachi puts the sickle into place, Kitakyushu Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi does the groundbreaking, Takuzo Shimizu, President of Penta-Ocean Construction, Netoshi Kuriyama, President of Vestas Japan (Minato-ku, Tokyo), and operation management of the worker transport ship. Hiroyuki Saito, president of Tokyo Kisen Co., Ltd., and Toshiya Sato, president of J-POWER Hitech (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), did the plowing. Afterwards, Tamagushi was offered to the altar and prayed for the safety and smooth progress of the construction.
hoeing
After the ritual, President Mizumachi said, "We aim to realize an offshore wind farm that walks with the community. We will create a new landscape where offshore wind turbines are lined up in this sea area as a new challenge to carbon neutral (CN) from Hibikinada and a new initiative for coexistence with the community. Mayor Takeuchi said, "This is a project that will become a new symbol for the city, which will build a large-scale offshore wind farm ahead of the rest of the country by making full use of cutting-edge technology from Japan and overseas. The public and private sectors will work together to support the project to the end." .
plow holder
President Shimizu on behalf of the contractor said, "The construction office has received ZEB (Net Zero Energy Building) certification, and the construction side will also contribute to CN. Safe and reliable construction will complete the work within the construction period without any accidents or disasters. I want to complete this," he said with determination.
Twenty-five wind turbines with a rated output of 9,600 kW will be constructed in four areas in the Kitakyushu Port Hibikinada district. A pile type jacket foundation will be adopted for the foundation. The maximum power output is 220 megawatts. The business period is 20 years. The rated output and power output per wind turbine will be the highest in Japan.
Vestas Japan is in charge of wind turbine supply and installation work, J-POWER High Tech is in charge of onshore electrical work, and Penta-Ocean Construction and Wakachiku Construction JV is in charge of O&M (operation and maintenance) base port construction.
