In 2017, Japan tested a subsea floating power generation system in the Kuroshio Current, producing 30kW of renewable electricity |
Japan tested a subsea floating power-generation system in the Kuroshio Current in 2017, exploring how the Pacific Ocean’s powerful current could be used to produce renewable electricity. According to the official press release, IHI Corporation and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) completed the demonstration near Kuchinoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. The system…