NEDO's new floater set sail from Osaka/Sakai to Kitakyushu

NEDO's barge type floating body, "Hibiki" of a floating offshore wind power generation system for experiments was towed by the five tugboats in the Kanmon Strait.　
It left HITZ dockyard in Osaka on 20 June and arrived Kitakyushu on 25.
The Aerodyn’s 3 MW two bladed turbine will be installed on this floater at Kitakyushu in this summer.
And, it will be carried to 15 km offshore from Kitakyushu and start operation in Sep. 2018.


HIBIKI
　Type: barge
　Yard: Hitachi Zosen Sakai Works
　Built: 2018
　Size: 51 m x 51 m
　Weight: 3,100 tons
　Draft: 7.5 m
　Filmed date: 2018/6/24
　Camera: Panasonic HC-VX980M 1080/60p
　WTG rated output: 3 MW

Movie:
　HIBIKI - the next-generation floating wind power generation system
　https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rVasJedb74

Reference:
　New NEDO's floater completed at HITZ dockyard in Sakai, Osaka on 8 June, 2018
　次世代浮体式洋上風力発電システムのバージ型浮体が完成
　―今夏、北九州市沖に実証機設置へ― (in Japanese)
　http://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_100970.html
　http://www.hitachizosen.co.jp/news/2018/06/003057.html