Japan Deploys Floating Wind Farm to Fukushima
Two years on from nuclear disaster, Japan prepares to deploy a floating wind farm to Fukushima. Full story: Japan moved parts of a massive floating wind farm towards waters off the coast of Fukushima on Friday (July 12), two years after a massive disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The first 2 megawatt wind turbine which is 30-stories high in size left Tokyo late last month followed by the massive floating substation. Power generation is due to start in October and will become the largest floating wind farm in Japan. Two more 7 megawatt turbines are to join these either next year or in 2015 and will eventually be capable of generating 16 megawatts of power. The government hopes the wind farm will create employment to help Fukushima and the surrounding region recover after its massive earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in 2011. [Keisuke Murakami, Chief of New and Renewable Energy; Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry]: "First and foremost, we want to make this a symbol of Fukushima's recovery. Secondly, this floating wind farm concept is the ace up our sleeve for the next stage of renewable energy development." Japan plans to create the new industry from ground up and and is hopeful the positive effects will spur businesses in other fields and that they will be able to profit from exporting technology. [Keisuke Murakami, Chief of New and Renewable Energy; Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry]: "Wind farms consist of over twenty-thousand different parts, and the wind farm industry requires total engineering on par with the automobile industry. We view this as a strategic field where applications to other industries will spread." But not everyone is optimistic. [Akihiko Imakata, Engineer with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation]: "Up to now, we have been beaten badly by Korean and Chinese rivals, and I can't deny already foreseeing the same thing happening in the future." Less than one-percent of Japan's energy production came from wind power in fiscal 2009, according to a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry report published in 2012. For more news and videos visit ☛ http://ntd.tv Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C
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Any idea how much a platform like this is going for? Our quote out of China is pretty low and our vessel is mor suited to shipyard builds. Cylinders were debunked in the 80's. This looks like 1950's semisubmersible. They were not good.
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This may be humanity's last hope. If the pumps stop pumping (sea)water over the GE death machines, the place will be too dangerous to send anyone near it. But that will happen eventually anyway... Remember kids... Saltwater plus nuclear fuel equals BUCKYBALLS!!!
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Tepco has been secretive and proven to be not trusted with information regarding the devastation of Fukushima since 2011. They provide nothing but lies in terms of the condition of the plant itself and the surrounding areas. Fans you say? funny, if one wanted to reduce the radioactive buildup in the air caused by the friction of them presently removing it's bent and spent fuel rods damaged from the earth quake that hit fukushima plant number 4, you would either hope for there to be enough wind to bring it elsewhere and risk the death of every single worker removing the rods, or you can build a bunch of fans to move the radioactive air elsewhere in hopes of reducing the risk to the workers and further contamination of japan itself. Think for yourself
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what recovery??. that turbine isn't stopping the fallout plume and radioactive leaks into the ocean.
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To little to late. 1%, that is not even an effort. The government earns more on nuclear power so the discussion is closed. Sad, but the advantage is for Europe then ;)
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Too bad your brain doesn't work correctly.
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That's the smallest farm I have ever seen... Also it's nice to see shits being surrounded by radioactive water...
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WOOOOOOT!!!!
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great idea!
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