List of offshore wind farms in Japan
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This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in Japan
(within the national maritime boundaries
).
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(within the national maritime boundaries
Maritime boundary
Maritime boundary is a conceptual means of division of the water surface of the planet into maritime areas that are defined through surrounding physical geography or by human geography. As such it usually includes areas of exclusive national rights over the mineral and biological resources,...
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- SetanaSetana, Hokkaidois a town located in Kudō District, Hiyama, Hokkaidō, Japan.As of December 2008, the town has an estimated population of 10,190 and a density of 15.96 persons per km²...
wind farm in Hokkaido Prefecture. Close to shore, two turbines/1,200kW. - Sakata Offshore Wind Farm in Yamagata PrefectureYamagata Prefecture-Fruit:Yamagata Prefecture is the largest producer of cherries and pears in Japan. A large quantity of other kinds of fruits such as grapes, apples, peaches, melons, persimmons and watermelons are also produced.- Demographics :...
. 8 Vestas 2.0 MW turbines (3 of them are onshore). - Wind Power KamisuKamisu, Ibarakiis a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.Kamisu was a town but proclaimed city on August 1, 2005, when it merged with the town of Hasaki, from Kashima District....
in Ibaraki PrefectureIbaraki Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
. Close to shore, seven turbines, 14 MW. Survived exposure to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiThe 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
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See also
- Wind power in JapanWind power in JapanWind power in Japan generates a small but increasing proportion of the country's electricity, as the installed capacity has been growing in recent years. According to industry observers, the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents are pushing wind power to the forefront as a safer and more reliable...
- List of wind farms
- List of offshore wind farms
- Lists of offshore wind farms by country
- Wind PowerWind powerWind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....