SUMMARY OF THE SPECIAL SESSION ”OFFSHORE WIND POWER UTILIZATION”

Abstract

 Introduction of the renewable energy needs to be strongly carried out, in order to avoid too much dependency on nuclear power generation, and to promote for discharge reduction of greenhouse gas. Up to present, among various ocean renewable energy potential, ocean wind-generated electricity is supposed to be the most practical one to be realized in near future. This session introduced various field study and proto-type projects in Japan aiming for offshore wind farm construction, and discussed on future problems to be solved.