Thank you for sharing this initiative. It is the first time I have heard about this long-term project to develop a promising source of renewable energy. What an amazing opportunity for a budding engineer. As you point out, it sounds like the task of securing enough human talent in Japan is a critical issue. Perhaps Japan could tap into India's legions of engineers.
Despite the fact that a significant amount of capital expenditure is required, while there is no doubt that the planned offshore wind farms sound promising, how does this source of renewable energy compare to the potential of harnessing geothermal energy? See below for reference:
Hi Mark. Thank you for your comment. One of the ways Japan is trying to develop skilled talent for offshore wind is to collaborate with foreign companies and recruit foreign workers. I plan on writing about this in post very soon.
Great question about geothermal vs. offshore wind. My knowledge geothermal in Japan is limited, but as you hint at in your own post, hot spring owners who resist geothermal developments seem to be a political bottleneck. Like with large-scale solar and onshore wind, local opposition is a formidable roadblock for scaling up geothermal. Given all of that, I still think offshore wind is the real key to Japan's clean energy transition.
Thank you for sharing this initiative. It is the first time I have heard about this long-term project to develop a promising source of renewable energy. What an amazing opportunity for a budding engineer. As you point out, it sounds like the task of securing enough human talent in Japan is a critical issue. Perhaps Japan could tap into India's legions of engineers.
Despite the fact that a significant amount of capital expenditure is required, while there is no doubt that the planned offshore wind farms sound promising, how does this source of renewable energy compare to the potential of harnessing geothermal energy? See below for reference:
https://open.substack.com/pub/realgaijin/p/some-like-it-hot-japanese-supermarket
Hi Mark. Thank you for your comment. One of the ways Japan is trying to develop skilled talent for offshore wind is to collaborate with foreign companies and recruit foreign workers. I plan on writing about this in post very soon.
Great question about geothermal vs. offshore wind. My knowledge geothermal in Japan is limited, but as you hint at in your own post, hot spring owners who resist geothermal developments seem to be a political bottleneck. Like with large-scale solar and onshore wind, local opposition is a formidable roadblock for scaling up geothermal. Given all of that, I still think offshore wind is the real key to Japan's clean energy transition.