Wind power facilities planned for Fukushima Prefecture

[yuiyoshida]

The national government and the Fukushima Prefectural Government have agreed to set up 500 megawatts' worth of wind power plants in Fukushima Prefecture and begin sending the generated power to the Tokyo metropolitan area by 2020, it was learned on May 23.

The project is part of a plan to redevelop Fukushima Prefecture as a leading area in renewable energy. Hundreds of 2- to 3-megawatt wind power turbines are planned to be set up along the coast and in the Abukuma region, where relatively stable wind power can be obtained. At around 500 megawatts, the full amount of power generated is expected to be about one-tenth of what the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant used to produce.

The Fukushima Prefectural Government is proceeding with checks of the wind in potential construction sites along the coast and in the Abukuma region and with assessments of the expected impact on the environment in order to find which areas are best suited to wind power.

The Shin-Fukushima transformer substation, out of use since the 2011 nuclear disaster, is planned to be used in sending the power. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is moving forward with plans to set up power lines to connect the existing power grid with the new wind power plants.

Within the year, Fukushima Prefecture will invite businesses to participate in the project. Participating businesses will pay 1 million yen per megawatt of power produced to an organization for the promotion of renewable energy in Fukushima Prefecture consisting of the central government, the Fukushima Prefectural Government and Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., among other groups.

http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160524/p2a/00m/0na/015000c

[Kelvin Mace]

1. But what will we do if there is a wind spill?

Has anyone considered the long term consequences of dry skin and chills?