Wind Power Group, Tokyo Gas Co, and Vena Energy to build 160 MW offshore wind project in Ibaraki Prefecture

Wind Power Group Co., Ltd., Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., and Vena Energy Holdings Ltd, through Wind Power Energy Co., Ltd., accelerates the development of the Kashima Offshore Wind Project. The Project is located in Kashima Port in the Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, and has a maximum capacity of 159.6 MW covering an area of 680 hectares.

The Kashima Offshore Wind Project is expected to commence construction in 2024, and once completed it will be capable of delivering clean renewable energy to over 70,000 Japanese households annually.

The Project is a joint-venture among Wind Power Group, which has extensive experience as a local wind power generation company; Tokyo Gas, which is a reliable gas and power utility company supplying energy and service to customers mainly in the Kanto region; and Vena Energy, which operates constructs, and develops wind and solar projects in Japan and across the Asia-Pacific region.

The Kashima Port Offshore Wind Project will support the “2050 Carbon Neutrality” strategy announced by the Japanese government. The strategy identified wind power as a key driver to achieve the targets of generating more than half of the country’s electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050, while decarbonizing and boosting the domestic economy