Team Japan bets on next-gen floating wind turbine to slash costs - Nikkei Asia
Team Japan bets on next-gen floating wind turbine to slash costs - Nikkei Asia
TOKYO -- A group of five Japanese companies and a university will begin testing a next-generation floating axis wind turbine that is expected to cut set-up costs by half.
A prototype with an output capacity of 20 kilowatts will be placed offshore to test its performance and identify technical issues. A 5 megawatt model will start field tests around 2026. The goal is to develop a model with an output capacity of roughly 15 MW for commercialization by 2032.
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