Goto, Japan, Sept 21, 2025 (AFP) - Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shift

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Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins. Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a "trump card" in its drive to make renewables its top power source by 2040, and reach carbon neutrality a decade later. That's despite ris......

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