Japan to Commence Wind Farm Construction Offshore Fukushima

Japan is planning to begin the construction of the world’s largest wind farm in July, placing it 16 kilometers off the coast of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, reports RT news portal.

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, Japan turned off all of their 54 nuclear reactors and turned to renewable resources, but after power shortage they had to repower 2 reactors.

Once completed in 2020, the wind farm will consist of 143 turbines with a total capacity of 1GW, which is twice the capacity of the current world’s biggest wind farm, the Greater Gabbard array.

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Offshore WIND staff, January 21, 2013; Image: marubeni