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This wind turbine, installed off the coast of Choshi, Japan, has recently begun delivering 2.4 megawatts to the power-starved region. A 2-MW turbine, off Kitakyushu, will start generating power by July. The addition of wind power comes as Japan attempts to compensate for the nuclear power that dominated the nation’s energy mix before the March 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.
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