The government, which aims to expand the introduction of offshore wind power generation, has designated three new sea areas, Nagasaki Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, and Akita Prefecture, as "promotion areas" to be prioritized based on the law.
In the future, a public offering procedure will be conducted to select a power generation company.
On the 30th, the government announced three new offshore wind power generation promotion zones:
off Eshima in Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture; off
Murakami City and Tainai City in Niigata Prefecture; and off Oga City
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Katagami City, and Akita City in Akita Prefecture. specified to.
The "promotion area" is an area where the government predetermines suitable sea areas for offshore wind power generation and prioritizes development based on the law. .
Business operators who win a bid are allowed to preferentially conduct business in that area for up to 30 years, and operators have already been selected in four areas, including off Goto City in Nagasaki Prefecture and off Choshi City in Chiba Prefecture. I'm here.
The government is currently reviewing the evaluation criteria for selecting business operators, and as soon as the new criteria are decided, we would like to start public offerings for the three sea areas designated this time before the end of the year.