Yokogawa Provides Remote Monitoring System For 112-MW Offshore Wind Farm in Japan

Yokogawa provides remote system for 112-MW wind park offshore Japan

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that its subsidiary Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation has completed the design, supply, and commissioning of a remote operation and monitoring system based on the OpreX Collaborative Information Server for the offshore wind turbines and onshore facilities at the 112-MW Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm. The company has also contracted to provide maintenance services at this wind farm, which is operated by JERA Co. Inc. and the Green Power Investment Corporation and owned through Green Power Ishikari GK, a special-purpose corporation.

According to the press release by the Japanese firm, the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm is the first wind farm in Japan to use large-scale 8,000kW wind turbines, and as of the start of commercial operations on January 1, 2024, it is the largest commercial wind farm in Japan. The remote operation and monitoring system supplied by Yokogawa includes a video system for the monitoring of all the offshore and onshore wind power generating facilities at this wind farm. On an ongoing basis, the company will also provide maintenance services for these systems.

In addition to that, Yokogawa Solution Service has also received orders from Green Power Investment Corporation for systems that will aggregate information in real-time from wind farms all around Japan, and link this with cloud-based analysis tools. Along with Green Power Investment, Yokogawa Solution Service has commenced proof-of-concept tests in which the optical fiber temperature sensor, a product in the OpreX Field Instruments lineup, is utilised to detect signs of damage to the submarine cables at the Ishikari Bay New Port Offshore Wind Farm, noted the press release by Yokogawa.

According to several media reports quoting the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA), Japan installed 572.3 MW of new wind capacity in 2023, bringing the total wind energy capacity in operation to 5,213.4 MW. Further, as many as 158 new wind turbines were connected to the grid in 2023.