Equinor与日本Jera联合竞标日本海上风能项目

据路透社9月9日东京报道，挪威Equinor、日本Jera和日本电力开发公司(J-Power)周三表示，他们已组成联盟，共同提交了日本北部秋田市海上风电项目的投标。

日本政府去年颁布了一项鼓励风电场发展的法律后，日本海上电力市场开始有所起色。日本风电协会预测，到2030年日本的海上风力发电装机容量将增至10吉瓦（GW）。

该联盟计划竞标能代市、三田町和男鹿市附近的项目，以及由利本庄市附近的项目。

日本政府已在第一轮中确定了11个可能适合开发的地区，其中4个地区被选为推广地区，包括能代和由利本庄项目。

Equinor公司一直在打造以海上风能为核心的可再生能源业务，并于2018年在东京设立了办事处，它认为日本是一个增长型市场，在底层固定式和浮动式海上风能方面都有很大潜力。

秋田是Equinor公司在日本的第一个海上风能机会。

Jera是东京电力公司控股公司和中部电力公司组建的燃料和火力发电合资企业，拥有台湾福尔摩沙海上风能项目的股份。

J-Power是日本第二大风力发电商。

他们表示，这三家公司都有在全球开发和运营大型发电项目的经验，他们的目标是通过整合各自的专业知识，在日本建设世界一流的海上风力发电场。

德国公用事业公司RWE和日本九州电力公司也在考虑联合竞标由利本庄沿岸的项目，而住友商行及其合作伙伴计划竞标能代附近的项目。

沈韩晔 摘译自 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.