The wind conditions were calm that crisp November day, and the floating Hitachi 2MW turbine 20km off the Fukushima coast (but projected onto a screen at the curiously named La La Mew centre) didn’t immediately begin turning. Yet the excitement among the reporters and company executives at the project launch in Onahama, Iwaki City, was palpable, and the broader symbolism of the moment was clear to everyone.
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