On March 22, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced the selected businesses for the offshore wind power production project in the region. the common sea ``Happo-cho and off the coast of Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture'' based on the bidding process under the Renewable Energy Marine Utilization Act.
Offshore wind turbines operating in Noshiro port
(Source: Nikkei BP)
As a result, a consortium led by Japan Renewable Energy (JRE, Minato-ku, Tokyo) won the bid. Selected business operators include the company, Iberdrola Renewables Japan (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) and Tohoku Electric Power. Iberdrola Renewables Japan is the Japanese subsidiary of Iberdrola, a large European power company with extensive experience in offshore wind energy.
Offshore wind turbines operating in Akita Port (Source: Nikkei BP)
(Source: Nikkei BP)
Additionally, JRE and other companies issued a statement on March 22 on their selection as operators of offshore wind power generation off Happo Town and Noshiro City, stating that Akita Bank will invest in the operating company and the project will be implemented. completed in 2026. Construction has begun and it has been announced that monopiles will be used as permanent floor foundations.
This announcement is one of the second rounds (Round 2) of the bidding mechanism at the same time on many sea areas. The selected businesses for 3 out of 4 sea areas will be announced on December 13, 2023. Perform.
Considering that the successful bidders for the three waters announced last December were major companies such as JERA, Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Corporation, to their surprise, JRE, a renewable energy joint venture founded in 2012, won the bid. It can be said to be a breakthrough. In the bidding announced this time for ``Happo Town, Akita Prefecture and Oki, Noshiro City'', there are three enterprises participating and in addition to the JRE group, representative companies of the remaining two groups are JERA and TEPCO Renewable Power. It is also a Tokyo Electric Power company.
Regarding the evaluation method, the winning bidder will be the businessman with the highest score in the total of "price score (over 120 points)" and "business feasibility assessment score (over 120 points)". A feed-in premium (FIP) was applied to all bids this time, and the maximum bid was set at 19 yen/kWh.
Additionally, because the FIP mechanism compensates with a premium when the market price falls below the standard price, the "zero premium" at which no renewable energy charge is incurred is set at 3 yen /kWh and all prices below 3 yen is the price. We decided to give a perfect score (120 points) and not make a difference in the evaluation score.
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