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Kumejima Town (Island) was selected for Ocean Research Area for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.

2014/07/15


Okinawa Prefecture proposed for Ocean Research Area “Demonstration Field” to utilize marine renewable energies, and Kumejima Town (Island) was selected for Ocean Research Area for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion.
For more details, please follow the link below.
(External links written in Japanese)

  Headquarters for Ocean Policy within the Cabinet Secretariat

 Outline of Okinawa's proposal for Ocean Research Area "Demonstration Field" for marine renewable energies (PDF:213KB)

About Ocean Research Area “Demonstration Field”
Japan (Headquarters for Ocean Policy within the Cabinet Secretariat) will work for improvement of Ocean Research Area, in cooperation with local government to reduce development cost, uplift motivation of private sector, including venture companies, furthermore, to enhance our country’s marine industries’ international competitiveness, and also contribute to revitalization of local economy by accumulation of related industries.