{"id":157300,"date":"2023-10-10T10:44:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T01:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=157300&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T01:45:12","slug":"construction-starts-on-offshore-wind-farm-in-hibikinada","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/construction-starts-on-offshore-wind-farm-in-hibikinada\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Starts on Offshore Wind Farm in Hibikinada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hibiki Wind Energy in Kitakyushu City has begun construction on its Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm, aiming for operational commencement in the 2025 fiscal year. The facility&#8217;s maximum output is expected to be 220,000 kilowatts, making it the largest offshore wind power generation project in Japan. The annual output will be equivalent to the electricity needs of approximately 170,000 average households. The total project cost is estimated at about 170 billion yen. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiba.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIBA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157293\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_hibiki-wind-energy_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Construction Starts on Offshore Wind Farm in Hibikinada\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_hibiki-wind-energy_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_hibiki-wind-energy_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_hibiki-wind-energy_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_hibiki-wind-energy_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DxQcQz_sf3c?si=gj7Ec-buRcw_ogu-\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the project official Youtube video\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hibiki Wind Energy in Kitakyushu City has begun construction on its Hibikinada Offshore Wind Farm, aiming for operational commencement in the 2025 fiscal year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":157297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-157300","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/157300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}