7 Prefectures Apply for Ocean Energy Generation Tests

   Tokyo, March 8 (Jiji Press)--Seven prefectures have applied to host a Japanese government project to test electricity generation technologies using ocean energy, such as waves and tidal current, sources said Saturday.
   The government will select a test site from among the candidates by the summer mainly through on-site inspections, the sources said.
   The seven prefectures--Iwate, Niigata, Wakayama, Saga, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa--hope to attract power generation equipment-related companies through the government project.
   The northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate aims to launch an ocean energy test site off the coastal city of Kamaishi.
   Iwate wants to utilize the government project to revitalize the regional economy and help reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, an official of the prefecture said.

(2014/03/08-15:26)

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