2020.06.19
Decommissioning work for Fukushima 7MW floating wind turbine has started.
Japanese METI had decided to decommission the 7MW floating turbine due to its poor performance in FY2019.
METI made auction and Consortium of Yoshida-Gumi and JMU won it.
The decommissioning work started in May 2020.
They de-anchored 7MW floating turbine and move it to Kinko-Wan (Bay) at Kagoshima pref..
The decommissioning work are done at Kinko-Wan in July 2020.
You can find explanation chart and photos in the following Consortium's Web site.
【How to decommission ?】
http://www.fukushima-forward.jp/safety/pdf/200522.pdf
【Photos】
- To take off the export cable, from 12 May to 16 May in 2020.
https://7mwc.jp/photo/%e9%80%81%e9%9b%bb%e3%82%b1%e3%83%bc%e3%83%96%e3%83%ab%e6%92%a4%e5%8e%bb/
- To de-anchoring, from 26 May to 10 June in 2020.
https://7mwc.jp/photo/%e4%bf%82%e7%95%99%e3%83%81%e3%82%a7%e3%83%bc%e3%83%b3%e3%83%bb%e3%82%a2%e3%83%b3%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bc%e6%92%a4%e5%8e%bb/
- To carry 7MW floating turbine to Kagoshima, from 9 June to 22 June in 2020.
https://7mwc.jp/photo/%ef%bc%97%ef%bd%8d%ef%bd%97%e6%b5%ae%e4%bd%93%e3%83%bb%e9%a2%a8%e8%bb%8a%e6%9b%b3%e8%88%aa%e9%96%8b%e5%a7%8b%ef%bc%882020%e5%b9%b46%e6%9c%889%e6%97%a5%ef%bd%9e%ef%bc%89/
【News Report】
海に浮かぶ世界最大級の風力発電、解体進む…プロペラ１６７ｍ、不具合も多く(in Japanese)
by Yomiuri news (movie), on 12 June 2020.
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/20200612-OYT1T50191/
錦江湾に巨大な風車現れる！ その正体は・・・(in Japanese)
by Kagoshima TV (news movie), on 24 June 2020
https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/55661
https://www.kts-tv.co.jp/news/3576/
