Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 123
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
e)make an assessment for designating the
zone.
It takes approximately ten months to
collect all the relevant information and
complete the procedures set out in these
steps.
MLIT and METI designated the following
offshore areas of the following cities that
are as “areas to advance proceeding to the
a certain preparatory stage of preparation”
– meaning they may become promising
zones in the future – based on the opinions
of third-party committees2:
a) sea area offshore Ishikari City,
Hokkaido
b)sea area offshore Shimamaki, Hokkaido
c)sea area offshore Matsumae, Hokkaido
d)sea area offshore the Gan-u and
Minami-shiribeshi regions, Hokkaido
e)sea area offshore Hiyama, Hokkaido
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j)sea area offshore Karatsu City, Saga
Prefecture
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election of operators by auction
In order to select a business operator by
public auction, a set of auction guidelines
is created that addresses matters relating
to (i) the evaluation standards, (ii) the
power facility’s output standards, (iii)
participant qualifications, (iv) base ports,
(v) decommissioning and (vi) the term of
the occupancy permit (i.e., up to 30 years).
Brief explanations for each of these
matters can be found below.
a)Evaluation standards
The single most important factor in
selecting a business operator is the
supply price, also referred to as the
tariff. In addition, the overall selection
process will, among other things,
evaluate each operator’s ability to (i)
develop a project that is beneficial to
the local economy, (ii) coordinate with
local stakeholders and (iii) finance,
own, operate and maintain the project.
f)Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture
g)sea area offshore Kuji City, Iwate
Prefecture
h)sea area offshore Awara City, Fukui
Prefecture
i)sea area offshore Hibikinada, Fukuoka
Prefecture
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https://www.meti.go.jp/press/2021/09/20210913004/20210913004.html.
In evaluating each operator’s
operational capabilities, the
government will consider its
operational record, the feasibility of its
business plan, risk identification and
analysis, financial plan, capex plan and
operating budget, plan for speedy
recovery from disaster for the stable
supply of electricity and any other
relevant criteria of similar nature.