Ishikari, Hokkaido

Pattern Energy Closes Financing of Japan's Largest Offshore Wind Power and Storage Project

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Friday, September 9, 2022

ISHIKARI, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Energy) and its affiliate in Japan, Green Power Investment Corporation (GPI), announced it has completed financing and begun full construction of its 112 megawatt (MW) Ishikari Offshore Wind project, located approximately three kilometers from the shore of the Ishikari Bay in Hokkaido, Japan. Ishikari Wind will feature a battery storage component with 100 MW x 180 MWh of capacity.

Key Points: 
  • "This historic project is Japan's largest combined offshore wind and power storage facility and the first installation of an 8 MW offshore wind turbine in the country," said Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy.
  • "Together with Pattern Energy and GPI, we look forward to providing the numerous economic-, social-, and environmentalbenefits of offshore wind power to everyone involved with the project."
  • With the addition of Ishikari Offshore Wind, Pattern Energy has eight renewable energy facilities in Japan either operating or under construction, including three onshore wind power facilities and two solar power facilities in operation, and three wind power facilities under construction.
  • Pattern Energy is one of the world's largest privately-owned developers and operators of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects.