Choshi Offshore Wind (R1 withdrawn — re-auction)

Located off Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Pacific Ocean. Distinct from the Choshi Offshore Demonstration turbine (operational).

Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
FragileHafrok completion outlook
Ownership
Location
Japan
Northwest Pacific
Technology
Capacity 403 MW  Turbines 31 × 13 MW  Model GE Haliade X 
Foundation
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held 
Origination Japan Offshore Wind Round 1 (general sea-area public solicitation) · 2021 ·
Water depth 16–20 m  Wind speed 8.4 m/s @ 150 m 
Revenue & grid
Offtake Other withdrawn  Grid Not recorded  Connection Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) grid (Chiba) 
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · announced 2031 
COD · Hafrok

Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects

on hold — no credible date; the chart shows when a restarted project might complete
The developer's last guidance was 2031 · not treated as a schedule while the project is on hold
Chance of delivery
≈14% estimated chance this project reaches commercial operation
Projects put on hold complete ≈15% of the time on Hafrok's record. A market with a thinner delivery record, technical complexity and no offtake contract yet pull this one slightly below that. Only a restart would change that — there is no dated schedule to judge against.
COD outlook
If it completes, when — Hafrok’s probability by year (teal)
20%40%60%80%100% 2030: 20.0% (conditional on completion) 2031: 20.0% (conditional on completion) 2032: 20.0% (conditional on completion) 2033: 20.0% (conditional on completion) 2034: 20.0% (conditional on completion)2026now20272028202920302031203220332034 Developer-announced COD: 2031 ANNOUNCED 2031
COD probability by year, conditional on completion
YearProbability
203020.0%
203120.0%
203220.0%
203320.0%
203420.0%
How Hafrok got this date
1
On hold — no dated schedule
The project is recorded as On Hold, so no sequence of milestones can be trusted. Hafrok publishes no expected year; the chart instead spreads the remaining chance of completion over the years a restarted project might finish in.
2
Chance of delivery — separate from timing
Start from the share of On Hold projects that went on to complete — ≈15%, measured on Hafrok's record of delivered and abandoned projects, with an allowance held back where that record cannot yet speak (projects still unresolved, changed market conditions). Historically only a minority of projects put on hold returned to delivery — the estimate reflects that. Then adjust for this project's own evidence — offtake, market, size, technical complexity — to ≈14%, which rates it Fragile on Hafrok's four-step delivery scale (Delivering · Expected · Prospective · Fragile).

Revenue & offtake route to market — open

No offtake secured — route to market open

Tender award · Japan Offshore Wind Round 1 (general sea-area public solicitation) awarded 2021-12, withdrawn. No live offtake on record.

The routes describe what exists in this market — not a prediction of which the project will take. Timing math for the auction gate lives in the delivery outlook above.
Next visible round · from the auction calendar
Japan Round 1 re-auction (Noshiro-Mitane-Oga, Yurihonjo, Choshi)
expected 2026 · planned · the round’s published documents do not name this project
The three sites a Mitsubishi-led consortium WON in Round 1 (2021) and WITHDREW from in Aug 2025 are to be re-auctioned "as early as 2026", expected before Round 4; timing not firmly fixed.

Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers

Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageOn Hold
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operation2031

Sources & verification

0/14 fields verified · rests on 9 sources (1 primary) · ◆ 3 documents held
VerifiedModelledSourcedInferredConventionUnverifiedNo source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator1
[6]
Chiba Prefectural Government (Environmental Policy Division)2026-08-21◆ (仮称)銚子市沖洋上風力発電事業(法対象事業)〔事業者:東京電力リニューアブルパ…
“東京電力リニューアブルパワー株式会社 (仮称)銚子市沖洋上風力発電事業 / 銚子市沖(約4,000ヘクタール) / 設置する発電所の出力:最大420,000キロワット(単機出力15,000キロワットから20,000キロワット、最大27基) / 送付:令和8年8月20日 公告:令和8年8月21日 縦覧期間:令和8年8月21日から令和8年9月25日まで (English: Tokyo Electric…”
supportsStatus note
Auction results1
[8]
Aquilo Energy / EEAS2026-06-22◆ jp-round1-2021-jp-tenders-study
Japanese offshore-wind tenders study: 30-yr occupancy permit, scheduled operation <=8 years after Occupancy Plan certification
supportsOfftake history
Auction pipeline1
[9]
Shulman Advisory2026
Japan to re-auction the three Round-1 sites (Noshiro-Mitane-Oga, Yurihonjo, Choshi) dropped by Mitsubishi, as early as 2026 with a revised price-floor/ceiling framework.
supportsJapan Round 1 re-auction (Noshiro-Mitane-Oga, Yurihonjo, Choshi)
Trade press5
[2]
DeepWind2025
supportsTotal capacityMechanismDetailStatusConnection point
[3]
GEM2026
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacityCoordinates
[4]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[5]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
[7]
offshoreWIND.biz2026-08-26◆ TEPCO Starts EIA Process for New Choshi …
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsStatus note
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown
supportsConsentCommercial operationTotal capacityWater depthCoordinates