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Mitsubishi and partners complete turbine assembly of Fukushima floating offshore wind project
2015-06-23 01:00:00| Power Technology
A Japanese consortium has unveiled a 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine for the experimental Fukushima floating offshore wind project following the completion of its assembly works.
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Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project Second Phase Update
2015-06-22 07:39:16| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
TOKYO, June 22, 2015 - - A consortium comprised of Marubeni , the University of Tokyo , Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu, and Mizuho Information & Research, has been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry since March 2012. Assembly works of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine, which is the world's largest scale one, on the three-column semi-sub floater at Onahama port has been successfully completed and delivery of the floater to testing area is going to start shortly as part of the second term.
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Fukushima power plant operator 'knew of need protect against tsunami'
2015-06-18 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The operator of Japans ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was aware of the need to improve the facilitys defences against tsunami more than two years before the March 2011 disaster but failed to take action, according to an internal company document. The revelation casts doubt on claims by Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) that it had done everything possible to protect the plant, which suffered a triple meltdown after being struck by a towering tsunami. The nuclear accident, the worlds...
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Japan unveils revised roadmap Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup
2015-06-12 01:00:00| Power Technology
Japan has given its consent to revised plans for decommissioning Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, which suffered a severe meltdown following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Four years on from nuclear disaster, Fukushima workers get own rest area
2015-06-04 10:34:11| Energy - Topix.net
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, has opened a rest area and canteen for cleanup workers, more than four years after the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The center, on the western edge of the power station, opened on Sunday, replacing pre-fabricated facilities used by workers since an earthquake and tsunami triggered multiple meltdowns on March 11, 2011, forcing more than 160,000 residents to flee from nearby towns.
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