Hibiki Floating Wind Turbine
Located 15km off Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Uses Ideol Damping Pool floating foundation technology.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
HFHibiki Floating Wind Power — 50% ◇
GLGlocal — 50% ◇
Location
JapanSea of Japan (East Sea)
Technology
Capacity
3 MW ◇
Turbines
1 × 3 MW ◆
Model
Aerodyn Scd 3-0 ◇
Foundation
—
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
56–58 m ≈
Wind speed
7.7 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
FiT ◇
Grid
Not recorded ◇
Connection
Grid connection secured ◇
Schedule
FID
Taken · date not recorded ∴
COD
2025-Q2 ◇
Project timeline verified milestones only — each date carries its provenance mark
Dashed tick marks today (9 Sep 2026).
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime: Japan FIT
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
not yet surveyed by satellite; the built farm can be, on request
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2025-Q2
Offshore construction2018-08-29 → 2025-Q2
Sources & verification
3/14 fields verified · rests on 9 sources (3 primary)
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator3
[5]
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)2018-08-10
“2018年6月にバージ型と呼ばれる小型浮体を製作 ... 2018年8月10日...日本初のバージ型浮体式洋上風力発電システム実証機を完成させました”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore constructionSite rights
[7]
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)2019-05-21
“NEDOは、北九州市沖約15キロメートル、水深約50メートルの海域に設置した日本初のバージ型浮体式洋上風力発電システムの実証運転を本日開始しました。”
supportsFirst power
[9]
The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (joint press release with SMFL Mirai Partners, Glocal, Goujinsha Group, Kotobuki Giken Kogyo, and Renewable Japan)2025-04-22
“「ひびき灘沖浮体式洋上風力発電所（福岡県北九州市響灘沖、3,000kW×1基）」の商用運転を開始しました。... ＜事業概要＞発電所所在地 福岡県北九州市響灘沖（一般海域） 発電種別 洋上風力発電（浮体式） 出力／基数 3,000kW×１基 事業会社 ひびきフローティングウィンドパワー合同会社 商用運転開始 2025年4月22日 [Translation: commenced commercial…”
supportsTurbinesUnit capacity
Trade press5
[2]
[3]
offshoreWIND.biz2025
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperatorownerConsentFinal investment decisionCommercial operation+6 more
[4]
The Wind Power2026
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCoordinates
[6]
offshoreWIND.biz2019-06-06
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore constructionSite rights
[8]
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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