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title: "Hibiki Floating Wind Turbine"
source: https://hafrok.com/projects/jp-hibiki-floating-wind-turbine/
identifier: jp-hibiki-floating-wind-turbine
updated: 2026-10-13
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# Hibiki Floating Wind Turbine

Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/jp-hibiki-floating-wind-turbine/  
Data as of: 2026-10-13

Located 15km off Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Uses Ideol Damping Pool floating foundation technology.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Sea basin | Sea of Japan (East Sea) |
| Capacity | 3 MW |
| Turbines | 1 |
| Lifecycle stage | Operational |
| Owners | Hibiki Floating Wind Power · Glocal |
| Coordinates | 34.1, 130.6999 |
| Commercial operation (announced) | 2025-Q2 |

## Milestones

- **Onshore construction** — 2018-06 (achieved)
- **Offshore construction** — 2018-08-29 (achieved)
- **First power** — 2019-05-21 (achieved)
- **Commercial operation** — 2025-Q2 (achieved)

## Offtake

Offtake regime: Japan FIT


## Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording.

- unknown, date not stated — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/04/25/japans-first-barge-type-floating-wind-turbine-enters-commercial-operation/
- GEBCO Compilation Group, 2020 — https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2025 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/04/25/japans-first-barge-type-floating-wind-turbine-enters-commercial-operation/
- The Wind Power, 2026 — https://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_23743_kitakyushu.php
- NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), 2018-08-10 — https://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_101008.html
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2019-06-06 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2019/06/06/japanese-floating-wind-turbine-put-into-operation/
- NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), 2019-05-21 — https://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_101117.html
- DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/
- 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 — https://www.energia.co.jp/assets/press/2025/p20250422-1.pdf
- Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI (資源エネルギー庁), 2026-08-31 — https://www.fit-portal.go.jp/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?retURL=%2Fapex%2FPublicInfo&file=00PhA0000013RGSUA2

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