New Projects to Optimize Offshore Construction for Floating Wind Power

The Ports and Harbours Bureau is promoting technology development that contributes to establishing optimal offshore construction methods in order to promote the deployment of floating offshore wind power. Under the fiscal 2026 program, it solicited technology development projects from private companies and other entities.

The solicited projects were announced as newly selected projects following reviews by experts and other procedures.

The selected technology development projects will be the subject of intensive research and development through government-commissioned research and development, as projects that contribute to promoting the deployment of floating offshore wind power and establishing optimal offshore construction methods.

The selected projects cover construction methods using offshore work bases, production systems for domestically produced ring lift cranes suited to base port use, seabed bedrock excavation for floating offshore wind turbines using pulsed-power impact crushing technology, and systems for predicting whether work can be performed based on high-accuracy weather and sea-condition forecasts.

They also cover labor-saving mooring installation using fiber ropes, economical and high-performance anchoring, and the development of systems to coordinate base port use. Technology development projects were solicited from private companies and other entities.