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Global wind power capacity grows rapidly in 2007, but Japan lags

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows windmills in California. Global wind power capacity that was newly installed in 2007 totaled 20,000 megawatts, an amount equivalent to capacity generated by 15 large nuclear power plants, but Japan lags in the field, according to a recent report compiled by the Brussels-based Global Wind Energy Council. The year's newly installed wind power in Japan came to 139 megawatts, only one-38th the U.S. figure.

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Japan's largest wind power plant completed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's largest wind power plant was completed in northern Hokkaido on Oct. 19, with 20 windmills set up in the town of Tomamae. The Danish-made turbines, each 72.1 meters high with a generation capacity of 1,000 kilowatts, were installed at a cost of 4.5 billion yen on a 100-hectare site of land leased from the Tomamae municipal government.

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Japan's largest wind power plant completed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's largest wind power plant was completed in northern Hokkaido on Oct. 19, with 20 windmills set up in the town of Tomamae. The Danish-made turbines, each 72.1 meters high with a generation capacity of 1,000 kilowatts, were installed at a cost of 4.5 billion yen on a 100-hectare site of land leased from the Tomamae municipal government.