{"id":7606,"date":"2013-01-22T08:51:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:43:56","slug":"fukushima-nuclear-power-wind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/fukushima-nuclear-power-wind-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima, from Nuclear Power to Wind Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_4464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4464\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nuclearbast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nuclearbast-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JAPAN-QUAKE-NUCLEAR-BLAST\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nuclearbast-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nuclearbast.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Explosion in Fukushima. Credit: AFP\/HO\/NHK<\/figcaption><\/figure>Since the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, and which resulted in one of the worst nuclear accidents in recent history, Japan has signaled its intentions to transition towards clean, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\" target=\"_blank\">alternative energy<\/a>. Japanese officials recently announced that the country intends to build the largest wind farm in the world. The offshore wind farm will be built ten miles off the coast of Fukushima, where the nuclear spill took place. The projected farm could generate 1 GW of power.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2013-01-japan-nuclear-world-largest-farm.html#jCp\" target=\"_blank\">Phys report<\/a>, the local municipal administration would like to be 100 percent powered with renewable energy by 2040. The wind farm will be financed with money collected via a feed-in tariff scheme for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/archives\/wind-power-energy.htm\" target=\"_blank\">wind power<\/a> projects that came into effect in July, 1st. There was been a 8.2 percent increase in wind energy production since then.<\/p>\n<p>The wind farm off the Fukushima coast is expected to be constructed by 2020 and tests have been carried out to confirm its safety in cases of earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/energyrefuge\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @energyrefuge<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/two-years-after-fukushima-nuclear-power-haunts-japan\/\" title=\"Two Years After Fukushima, Nuclear Power Haunts Japan\">Two Years After Fukushima, Nuclear Power Haunts Japan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/hiroshima-nagasaki-nuclear-accident-japan-fukushima\/\" title=\"The Nuclear Threat Still Haunts Japan\">The Nuclear Threat Still Haunts Japan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/activists-kickstart-fund-raising-campaign-to-create-post-fukushima-publication\/\" title=\"Activists Kickstart Fundraising Campaign to Create Post-Fukushima Publication\">Activists Kickstart Fundraising Campaign to Create Post-Fukushima Publication<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/japan-one-year-later\/\" title=\"Japan One Year Later\">Japan One Year Later<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wind-power-comes-to-fukushima\/\" title=\"Wind Power Comes to Fukushima\">Wind Power Comes to Fukushima<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, and which resulted in one of the worst nuclear accidents in recent history, Japan has signaled its intentions to transition towards clean, alternative energy. Japanese officials recently announced that the country intends to build the largest wind farm in the world. 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