Invenergy starts 63 MW Japan wind farm

The Rustsu Wind Energy Center can meet the demands of 35,000 households.

US-based energy firm Invenergy started the commercial operations of Rusutsu Wind Energy Center with a total capacity of 63 megawatts (MW).

In a statement, Invenergy said the Rusutsu Wind Energy Center, the company’s first wind energy centre in Japan, consists of 15 wind turbines with a capacity of 4.2 MW each.

The project could power around 35,000 Japanese households and offset 64,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

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It is located in Rusutsu Village in Abuda District, southwest of Sapporo in Hokkaido Prefecture. It is situated at a high elevation of 800 metres to maximise energy generation capacity.