Two new eye-popping structures have joined the rapidly growing renewable energy sector. First, Japan has just finished installation of the world’s largest floating wind turbine. Secondly, China has kicked off construction of the world’s largest solar power plant. Efforts from the respective countries make it clear that the global shift from nuclear and fossil fuels is well under way.
- Japan’s 7 megawatt Offshore Hydraulic Drive Turbine stands at 344 feet (about 40 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty) and features three 262 feet-long blades and a rotor diameter of 538 feet. Significantly, the structure is located about 12 miles off the coast of Fukushima, an area infamously wrecked in 2011 by a powerful earthquake and tsunami that caused a catastrophic meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
- The project is built and operated by the Fukushima Wind Offshore Consortium, which has already installed a 2 megawatt wind turbine in November 2013. The organization boasts that their structures can shoulder the brunt of extreme weather. (Inclement weather was certainly a problem during construction of the massive turbine, as engineers had to stall installation four times due to typhoons). Source
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