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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Japan to Build World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm off the Fukushima Coast

Japan to Build World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm off the Fukushima Coast

In order to reduce its reliance on nuclear energy following the meltdown of three reactors back in 2011, Japan is attempting to increase its renewable energy capacity and has recently unveiled its plan to build the world’s largest ever offshore wind farm just off the coast of the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.The plan is to install 143 wind turbines 10 miles off the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture by 2020.The wind farm will have a capacity of one gigawatt, making it larger than the 504 megawatt Greater Gabbard farm off…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Japan-to-Build-Worlds-Largest-Offshore-Wind-Farm-off-the-Fukushima-Coast.html

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