Three years after Japan's nuclear crisis, Fukushima prefecture announces that it will become 100% renewable by 2040. The region, which has a population of around two million, doesn't want to know anything about the energy of the atom, too. if the national government is making efforts to restore the reactors.
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Three years after Japan's nuclear crisis, Fukushima prefecture announces it will become 100% renewable by 2040. The region, which has a population of about two million people, does not want to know more about the energy of the atom, even though the national government is working to restore the reactors.
This is where the largest photovoltaic park in all of Japan. And, also here, the construction of a huge 1 GW offshore wind farm. Its construction should be completed by 2020. The first phase of the experimental project has just ended with the installation of the first 2 MW turbine, connected to the electricity grid last November.
Not just large parks. The residents themselves are betting on renewables and distributed generation, mainly choosing photovoltaics on the roof and on agricultural land, also to revive small-scale agriculture. As happened with the project Solar Sharing, where the solar panels are designed on one pergola structure that lets in enough light to grow plants under cover. Plants such as canola, which can absorb radiation and contribute to decontamination efforts.
In short, the nuclear disaster has changed the way of thinking about Japan's energy. It is no coincidence that the country has become the second photovoltaic market in the world, with l 'installation of 3,54 GW of renewables thanks to generous state incentives.
Much is also being done to renovate and modernize the network, which is currently unable to handle all these projects. On this front, 33 billion dollars will be invested in the next 10 years, in particular to stimulate the growth of wind energy.
A recent survey shows that 53% of Japanese citizens want nuclear power to be phased out and 23% want to close it immediately. Currently, Fukushima already obtains 22% of the energy needed for its needs from clean sources. And the share is set to grow.
Roberta Ragni
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