Fukushima Fukko Furyoku, a special purpose company with investment from Sumitomo Corporation, JR-EAST Energy Development, Fukushima Mirai, Japan Wind Engineering, Fukushima Power, Shimizu Corporation, Obayashi Clean Energy, Renova, and Shinobuyama Fukushima Power, commissioned the 147MW Abukuma Wind Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture on April 2, 2025.
The project, technically consisting of Abukuma Wind Power Plants No. 1 through 4, spans Tamura City, Okuma Town, Namie Town, and Katsurao Village, and consists of 46 3.2MW GE Vernova turbines. Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions installed the equipment and will be in charge of its operations and maintenance for the next 20 years.
Initially certified under the feed-in-tariff (FIT) scheme in FY2016 at 22 yen per kWh for 20 years, the Abukuma project was converted to the feed-in-premium (FIP) scheme. Sumitomo Corporation will purchase all of the generated power, expected to be about 360GWh annually, and sell it to businesses and municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture through physical and virtual PPAs. It will outsource balancing to its group company ENEXIA.
According to the developers, PPA negotiations are ongoing with multiple offtakers, including Kamome Mirai Suisan (aquaculture), Okuma Town, Okuma Rururun Denryoku (local retailer looking to supply the power to Chuo City in Tokyo), and SUMCO (semiconductor manufacturing). Sumitomo Corporation is also considering using a portion of the power within its group.
Abukuma is the second major multi-power plant onshore wind project to begin commercial operation this year. It follows the February 2025 completion of Eurus Energy’s final section of its 434.5MW Dohoku project in Hokkaido.
