Offshore Wind Power Promises to Boost Fukushima Recovery

The Fukushima Mirai, a 2,000 kilowatt offshore wind-power generating turbine (photograph courtesy of the Fukushima Offshore Wind Consortium).

The Fukushima Kizuna floating substation (photograph courtesy of the Fukushima Offshore Wind Consortium).

Professor Ishihara Takeshi (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo).

Governor Satō Yūhei of Fukushima Prefecture (left) and Akaba Kazuyoshi, vice minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, flip the switch to start operation of the Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm in the city of Iwaki.

Nozaki Tetsu, chairman of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, delivers a speech.