Japan is enhancing cooperation with the United States and Europe in developing floating offshore wind power amid concerns over potential overreliance on China for renewable energy supply chains, having set up an industry platform aimed at commercializing the nascent technology.
In June in Tokyo, officials from leading countries and regions in offshore wind energy, including the United States, Britain, Denmark and Norway, attended an international forum hosted by Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association in a show of support for the organization.
“Let’s work on floating offshore wind together to overcome climate change and energy security issues,” British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom, whose country boasts the world’s second-largest offshore wind market, said at the event.
Participants of an international forum held in Tokyo by the Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research…
