JERA Co releases public document for public review of Southern Tsugaru Offshore Wind Power Generation Project

JERA Co., Inc. has submitted its Primary Environmental Impact Consideration Document for the planned Southern Tsugaru Offshore Wind Power Generation Project to the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry. The company plans to develop an offshore wind power generation project for the city of Tsugaru and the town of Ajigasawa in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. 

JERA believes that the favorable wind conditions and shallow seabed off Tsugaru and Ajigasawa make the area suitable for the development of bottom-fixed offshore wind power generation. The Project will be located off the coast of Tsugaru and Ajigasawa and include as many as 63 wind turbines with a maximum generation capacity of 600 MW.

The document summarizes the results of deliberations concerning environmental conservation issues to be considered at the project planning stage. On 9 March the Document will be posted to JERA’s website and made available for public review at the administrative agencies listed in Attachment 2.

People with opinions on the Document from an environmental conservation standpoint are invited to submit them via post to the address listed in Attachment 2 or to drop them in boxes available at the public review locations.

JERA will continue to move the Project forward under the guidance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and other related authorities, giving due consideration to the opinions of other stakeholders.