German developer wpd has started commercial operation of its first onshore wind farm in Japan. The Higashi Izu Furusato project in Shizuoka Prefecture went online on 1 June 2026, on schedule and within budget.
The wind farm sits on a ridge on the Izu Peninsula, around 120 kilometres south-west of Tokyo. It was developed by Higashi Izu Wind Power Godo Kaisha, a joint venture between wpd and Japan’s GPSS Group. Installation contractor Achiha Co. used machinery designed for steep terrain to build on the difficult site.
The site has an installed capacity of 7.48 MW across three Enercon turbines. Its output is sold under a corporate power purchase agreement: electricity is supplied through NF Power Services to Nomura Real Estate Development, which plans to use the green power to run its new Tokyo headquarters and support its decarbonisation targets.
Corporate PPAs are gaining ground among companies seeking cost stability as power prices and market volatility rise, and the project links renewable generation directly to a single corporate buyer. Bjoern Nullmeyer, CFO of wpd, called the commissioning the company’s first project in Japan and its first with an Asian partner, alongside its independent power producer portfolio in Taiwan.
For the Baltic and German markets, the milestone is a marker of how an established regional developer is extending its Asia-Pacific footprint. Founded in 1996, wpd is active in 32 countries, holds an owned generation portfolio of 3,644 MW and reports a pipeline of 38,545 MW of onshore wind and 8,015 MW of solar.
