GOTO, NAGASAKI PREF. 每 Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country＊s first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo＊s green-energy strategy begins.
Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a ※trump card§ in its drive to make renewables its top power source by 2040, and reach carbon neutrality a decade later.
That＊s despite rising project costs and fears over inadequate infrastructure to produce turbines en masse.
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