Choshi Offshore Wind (R1 withdrawn — re-auction)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
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
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Offtake Other withdrawn ◇ Grid Not recorded ◇ Connection Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) grid (Chiba) ◇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 for registered readers
On hold since 27 Aug 2025 ◆

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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record

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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market

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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers

construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification

Rests on 10 sources (1 primary) · ◆ 4 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No 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
[9]
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
[10]
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 press6
[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
[8]
offshoreWIND.biz2025-08-27◆ Mitsubishi Decides to Exit Three Offshor…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOn hold
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown
supportsConsentCommercial operationTotal capacityWater depthCoordinates
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