Invenergy starts 63 MW Japan wind farm

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

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.

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