Yurihonjo Offshore Wind (R1 withdrawn — re-auction)
Located off Yurihonjo City, Akita. Combined North and South areas. METI re-auction design incorporating lessons from Round 1 failure.
Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
—
Location
JapanSea of Japan (East Sea)
Technology
Capacity
845 MW ◇
Turbines
65 × 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
15–30 m ◇
Wind speed
7.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other withdrawn ◇
Grid
Not recorded ◇
Connection
Tohoku Electric Power grid (Akita) ◇
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · announced
2031 ○
COD · Hafrok
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On hold since
27 Aug 2025 ◆
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
UnlikelyHafrok's delivery likelihood for Yurihonjo Offshore Wind (R1 withdrawn — re-auction)
On hold. The developer's last guidance was 2031; Hafrok's view of a restart is for registered readers.
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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
1 dated milestone on the spine, each with its source · 1 recorded ownership deal from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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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 7 sources · ◆ 2 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.
Auction results1
[6]
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
[7]
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 press4
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
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]
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