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		<title>Locals seek change in plans for wind power plant to save wild birds</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Local officials and a bird conservation group requested Monday that an electric power company and the government alter plans to build a wind power plant in Fukui Prefecture in order to prevent birds being killed. 
Officials of the Kaga municipal government in Ishikawa Prefecture and of the Wild Bird Society of Japan visited Electric Power Development Co., the plant’s builder, and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in Tokyo to plead their case. 
They argue that as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nature stifling wind power in Japan; Poor weather, geography point industry toward ocean</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[About a 2 1/2-hour drive east of central Tokyo, on the edge of the Kanto plain, stands one of the closest wind farms to the capital, whirring away as it generates up to 25,500 kw of clean electricity.
Here in the fishing port of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, warm and cold currents meet offshore in the Pacific Ocean, creating strong winds that feed about 30 of the 1,400 windmills erected nationwide.
Wind power is drawing increased attention as carbon dioxide emissions accelerate global .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan wind farm building slows on tighter rules</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s wind power industry installed only 185 megawatts (MW) of capacity in the year ended in March, 2008, less than half of what it installed in 2006/07, as tighter regulations delayed the contruction of wind farms.
The stricter guidelines, which stipulate that wind turbines must clear the same safety regulations that apply to tall buildings, were introduced last summer following a scandal in 2005 over falsified engineering data for apartment blocks. Critics say the new rules are costly to comply with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#39;s largest utility to build its first wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s biggest utility Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said on Thursday it would build its first wind farm in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
TEPCO said it received permission from the local governments on Thursday to build 11 wind turbines with total capacity of 18.37 megawatts.
The facility, which is scheduled to start commercial operations in October 2011, is projected to reduce 13,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, the company said. It declined to disclose how .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#39;s wind-power problem</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the country that hosted the Kyoto Protocol and wrote the book on solar policy, the wind-power industry has ground almost to a halt. Among the culprits: policy, cost and technology challenges.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills lose blades in high winds</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The strong winds that buffeted the Tokai and Kanto regions Tuesday apparently snapped the massive blades of two wind turbines in Higashi-Izucho, Shizuoka Prefecture, officials of the company that operates the turbines said.
The site hosts 10 windmills belonging to CEF Izuatagawa Wind Farm Co., a subsidiary of Nemuro, Hokkaido-based wind power generation company Clean Energy Factory Co. Each windmill is 103.5 meters tall, and can generate 1,500 kilowatts. Turbines No. 4 and No. 5 each lost one of their three .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tighter quake-resistance standards hamper wind-power plans</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Wind-power companies are complaining that tougher quake-resistance requirements for buildings have made it difficult or even impossible to construct facilities for the clean energy.
They also say that if wind turbines remain covered under the revised Building Standards Law, it would hurt the government&#8217;s target for wind-power generation capacity.
The law now requires windmills that are more than 60 meters tall to clear the same quake-resistance screening as those for high-rise buildings.
Of the 59 planned wind-power projects subsidized by the government .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan taps into ocean winds for power</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overlooking a mountain lake a few hours&#8217; drive from Tokyo, dozens of tall wind turbines spin in the breeze, creating carbon-free power for the world&#8217;s fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
A sudden change in breeze spins the turbines in a different direction, an apt symbol of Japan&#8217;s efforts to shift away from fossil fuels for renewable energy such as wind power to help cut its greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.
Wind farms &#8212; such as the Nunobiki Plateau Wind Farm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws deal a blow to wind power generation</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind turbine set up in March 2006 was touted as the answer to energy problems in Iga, Mie Prefecture. The clean energy would supplement the power supply for radio relay facilities of a land ministry office that records water levels of the upper reaches of the Kizugawa river.
But there was one problem. The wind turbine fell apart in less than two years.
Malfunctions and accidents involving wind turbines have occurred repeatedly across the country, leading to suspended services and even .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines to be made of tougher stuff</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Power-generating wind turbines will soon have to comply with tough new technical standards to ensure they can withstand typhoons, lightning strikes and other extreme weather conditions.
Wind-power generation is a major pillar in the government&#8217;s push to use alternative energy sources to fight global warming. In recent years, however, storms have caused extensive damage to many wind turbines.
International standards drawn up in Europe are not sufficient to protect wind turbines from Japan&#8217;s weather patterns, according to officials of the Nuclear .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy companies make wind power a top investment</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to E.ON, the world&#8217;s largest companies are investing in wind power, the best-performing energy in the past year.
Led by Vestas Wind Systems and Iberdrola of Spain, utilities and governments in the United States, China and Europe will spend as much as &#36;150 billion on wind projects in the next five years, according to CLSA Research. Lawmakers are providing financial incentives because windmills are non-polluting and cost less than solar projects.
&#8220;Wind has the biggest potential to meet .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noisy wind turbines stir up protests</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 11:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[IKATA, Ehime Prefecture &#8212; Though wind turbines offer the exciting promise of a clean source of energy, they also create another form of pollution &#8212; noise.
Residents here have complained that noise from newly installed wind turbines perched atop a ridge of the Sadamisaki Peninsula has been rattling their homes and plaguing them with sleepless nights.
Misaki Wind Power Co., which operates the Misaki Wind Park, has been forced to stop nighttime operations of four of its 20 wind turbines. Considering the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How to make wind power truly eco-friendly</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Wind power is generally regarded as an environmentally friendly source of energy. However, we often hear reports about &#8220;bird strikes,&#8221; in which birds hit wind turbines and get injured or killed.
Some of the headlines that have recently appeared include: &#8220;Wind turbines threaten birds&#8221;; and &#8220;Protect the white-tailed eagles from wind turbines.&#8221;
But actually, bird strikes are not the only negative impact on the environment caused by wind power generation.
The enactment of a special measures law to promote the use of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Toppled turbine fans safety probe</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jan 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Attention has been drawn to the safety of wind power generators following an incident in which a windmill toppled over in Higashidorimura, Aomori Prefecture earlier this month.
Wind power generation has emerged as a fast-growing source of energy, prompted by the deregulation of the electricity industry and the need to tackle global warming.
But most of the wind turbines used in this nation are made overseas, with many coming from Europe. Therefore, when determining safety standards for turbines, this nation&#8217;s weather and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine topples over: Question is why&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jan 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ HIGASHIDORI, Aomori Prefecture&#8211;The industry ministry Wednesday said it is trying to determine what caused a 68-meter-high wind turbine to collapse earlier this week since strong winds apparently were not blowing at the time.
The incident at the Iwaya Wind Farm in the Iwaya district of Higashidori in this northern prefecture is thought to have occurred late Monday, according to officials of Eurus Energy Holdings Corp., which manages the wind farm.
While no one was injured, the incident resulted in temporary power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power generator collapses in Aomori Prefecture</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[HIGASHIDORI, Aomori &#8212; A 68-meter-high wind power generator has fallen down from its base, its owner said Wednesday.
A worker at Eurus Energy Iwaya inspected the &#8220;Iwaya Wind Farm&#8221; wind power generation facility it operates in Higashidori after receiving a report that a power failure occurred at about 9:55 p.m. on Monday, and found one of the 25 generators had fallen down. Nobody was injured.
Company officials said they are investigating the cause of the accident, noting that there is no record .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Move to protect birds from wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jan 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido&#8211;Wind turbines that grace the terrain of this northern region may soon be painted fire-engine red and lit up at night: not for aesthetic reasons, but to stop low-flying birds from crashing into the whirling blades.
With reports of rare bird species being killed off by wind turbines in Hokkaido and elsewhere, companies that operate them are scrambling to find effective yet economically viable methods to make the units more environmentally friendly.
Tokyo-based Japan Wind Development Co. began operating seven wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy targets debate heats up</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Dec 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As part of international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the government is considering whether to introduce higher mandatory targets for renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, for the country&#8217;s utilities in fiscal 2011-14.
The obligatory use of new sources of energy is in line with the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program outlined in the Special Measures Law Concerning the Use of New Energy by Electric Utilities&#8211;known as the RPS Law&#8211;which came into effect in fiscal 2003.
The law .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green energy losing subsidies</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A fund to promote green energy such as wind and solar power is losing contributors because of waning public interest.
The electricity industry set up the fund in October 2000 to subsidize the expansion of costly renewable energy.
Under the system, individuals and businesses donate a fixed monthly fee along with their electricity bills. Regional electric utilities contribute a matching amount.
The number of contributors, however, fell to about 40,000 as of the end of March, down from a peak of about .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers ready for major wind power energy proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Japan can produce more than 10 percent of electricity consumed in the country by building a massive offshore wind power facility off the Kanto region of eastern Japan, researchers told Jiji Press on Thursday.
In a joint study by the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Electric Power Co., the researchers concluded that Japan can produce an annual 100 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity through such a facility, offering a key alternative to fossil fuels.
The research team, led by University of Tokyo Associate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Report: Wind power projects face foul wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An unfavorable wind is starting to blow against wind power generation in Japan.
Wind power is often referred to as an environment-friendly energy source that emits no carbon dioxide. Consequently generators are being built in many parts of Japan.
However, a small but growing number of people, especially intellectuals, are voicing opposition to the construction of wind turbines, complaining, for example, that they ruin beautiful landscapes.
Eurus Energy Holdings Corp., jointly owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Toyota Tsusho Corp., is promoting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Eurus Energy May Scrap Project as Wind Power Flounders in Japan</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[www.bloomberg.com
By Yoshifumi Takemoto
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) &#8212; Eurus Energy Holdings Corp., Japan&#8217;s biggest wind power supplier, may scrap a plan to build turbines in the north of the country after the regional utility said it will cut purchases of wind-generated power because supply is unreliable.
The project for Hokkaido island would not be profitable under a power purchase plan offered by Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Eurus Energy President Kiyoshi Haraikawa said in an interview on Aug. 22. Hokkaido Electric in June told .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fluctuation worry sets back wind-generated electricity</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Aug 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[www.asahi.com
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Many regional electric utilities are reducing their purchases of clean wind-generated electricity because of concern over fluctuations in their electric power grids.
Analysts said the cutbacks will make it harder for the government to achieve its goal of raising the volume of wind power generation to 3 million kilowatts by the end of March 2011, a three-fold increase over the current level.
A range of companies have undertaken projects to generate wind power and sell it to regional electric utilities.
Touted .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry eyes steps to stop migrating birds from being killed by wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Aug 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.asahi.com
The Asahi Shimbun
The Environment Ministry is urgently trying to find ways to stop migrating birds from crashing into wind turbines amid government plans to dramatically increase this form of power generation.
Officials said the three-year research program will get under way next fiscal year.
The program is in line with government efforts to produce clean forms of energy as a way to reduce carbon monoxide emissions and combat global warming.
Generators typically are built in coastal or hilly areas where there is an .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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