1 4065 /en/todai-research/feature-stories/harvesting-the-winds-of-fukushima/ /cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wind_slider_250_155.jpg /cms/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wind_slider_97_52.jpg The University of Tokyo (Todai), together with a group of major Japanese corporations, including Marubeni Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel Corporation, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric and Shimizu Corporation, are planning to build a large-scale floating offshore wind farm that will be the largest facility of its kind in the world. The project, based on research started ten years ago at Todai, is part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s effort to boost Japan’s renewable energy resources and revitalize the Tohoku regional economy in the wake of the devastating 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast coast of Japan, and which has led to the shutdown of all th...Academic Information]]>