Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shift

This picture taken from a fishing boat on August 6, 2025 shows wind turbines at the Goto City offshore wind farm off the coast of Goto, Nagasaki prefecture. Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, eight slim white turbines glimmer offshore at the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm, months before a key phase of Tokyo's green-energy strategy kicks in. --Photo by Philip FONG / AFP

GOTO, Japan (AFP): Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins.

Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a "trump card" in its drive to make renewables its top power source by 2040, and reach carbon neutrality a decade later.