Tokyo Gas and Shinobuyama Fukushima Power Co of Japan have begun to evaluate a floating wind power project off the coast of Fukushima, according to Tokyo Gas, as Japan seeks to replace lost nuclear power facilities.
After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster forced the country to shut down the majority of its nuclear reactors, Japan has accelerated its transition to renewable energy.
The joint environmental assessment with Shinobuyama Fukushima Power will include discussions with residents, local authorities, and fishermen, according to Tokyo Gas.
The floating wind power plant would have an annual capacity of 30,000 kilowatts and would employ the technology of the US-based floating platform company Principle Power, which has already been used on wind power stations in Portugal and Scotland.
In 2020, Tokyo Gas invested approximately 2 billion yen ($15.6 million) in Principle Power.
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., established in 1885, is the primary provider of natural gas to Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Yamanashi, and Nagano. Tokyo Gas is Japan's largest natural gas utility as of 2012.
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