據路透社9月9日東京報道，挪威Equinor、日本Jera和日本電力開發公司(J-Power)周三表示，他們已組成聯盟，共同提交了日本北部秋田市海上風電項目的投標。

日本政府去年頒布了一項鼓勵風電場發展的法律后，日本海上電力市場開始有所起色。日本風電協會預測，到2030年日本的海上風力發電裝機容量將增至10吉瓦（GW）。

該聯盟計劃競標能代市、三田町和男鹿市附近的項目，以及由利本莊市附近的項目。

日本政府已在第一輪中確定了11個可能適合開發的地區，其中4個地區被選為推廣地區，包括能代和由利本莊項目。

Equinor公司一直在打造以海上風能為核心的可再生能源業務，并于2018年在東京設立了辦事處，它認為日本是一個增長型市場，在底層固定式和浮動式海上風能方面都有很大潛力。

秋田是Equinor公司在日本的第一個海上風能機會。

Jera是東京電力公司控股公司和中部電力公司組建的燃料和火力發電合資企業，擁有臺灣福爾摩沙海上風能項目的股份。

J-Power是日本第二大風力發電商。

他們表示，這三家公司都有在全球開發和運營大型發電項目的經驗，他們的目標是通過整合各自的專業知識，在日本建設世界一流的海上風力發電場。

德國公用事業公司RWE和日本九州電力公司也在考慮聯合競標由利本莊沿岸的項目，而住友商行及其合作伙伴計劃競標能代附近的項目。

沈韓曄 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Equinor, Jera, J-Power to jointly bit for Japan's offshore wind projects

Norway's Equinor, Japan's Jera and Electric Power Development Co (J-Power) have formed a consortium to jointly submit a bid for offshore wind power projects in Akita, northern Japan, the companies said on Wednesday.

Japan's offshore power market is set to take off after the government last year brought in a law to encourage the development of wind farms, with the Japan Wind Power Association predicting the country's offshore wind power installed capacity to grow to 10 gigawatts(GW) in 2030.

The consortium plans to bid for the project off Noshiro city, Mitane town and Oga city as well as projects off Yurihonjo city.

Japanese government has identified 11 areas as potentially suitable for development in the first round, four of which were selected as promotion areas, which include the Noshiro and Yurihonjo projects.

Equinor, which has been building a renewables business focused on offshore wind, has set up an office in Tokyo in 2018 as it believes Japan is a growth market with high potential for both bottom fixed and floating offshore wind.

Akita is Equinor's first offshore wind opportunity in Japan.

Jera, which is the fuel and thermal power joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric Power Co, owns a stake in the Formosa offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

J-Power is Japan's second-largest wind power producer.

All three companies have experiences in developing and operating large power generation projects around the world and they aim to build world-class offshore wind farms in Japan by bringing together their expertise, they said.

German utility RWE and Japan's Kyushu Electric Power are also considering a joint bid for the project off the coast of Yurihonjo while trading house Sumitomo Corp and its partners plan to bid for the project near Noshiro.