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wiredInUSA - March 2013
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After the earthquake and tsunami that
devastated Fukushima Daichi nuclear
power plant in 2011, the Japanese
government is to phase out nuclear power
by 2030.
In order to meet an ambitious goal,
Japan has introduced tariffs to subsidize
renewable energy and initiated its first
major project. Seven of the largest
Japanese conglomerates, including
Mitsui and Toshiba, are to build the plant
in Tahara City and bring it online by 2014.
The plant will generate an annual 67,500
megawatt hours of electricity - equivalent
to the annual power consumption of
20,000 homes.
The project will demand the collaboration
of experienced teams with knowledge
of large-scale solar and wind power
generation, infrastructure for generation
and connective systems, and the creation
of new technology.
The Japanese government has already
approved a number of additional new
plants, and is expecting to spend $700
billion on renewable energy by 2030.
Renewable moves
in Japan
LS Cable & System is to supply 150kV
submarine cables and 150kV and 275kV
extra high voltage underground cable and
connection materials to Dong Energy, a
Danish state enterpriseand the largest wind
power generation company in Europe.
The submarine cables will be used in an
offshore wind power generation complex
to be built by Dong Energy in Westermost
Rough on the south-eastern coast of the
UK; the extra high voltage underground
cables will transmit the energy generated
at the complex to an inland transmission
site.
The order marks LS Cable’s entry into
Europe’s offshore wind power generation
market, and the company is forecasting a
sales increase in the European submarine
cable market following its recent
performance in the US and theMiddle East.
LS Cable enters new
European market
ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
INDEXThe Malaysian government has imposed
anti-dumping duties on steel wire rod
imports from China, Taiwan, Indonesia and
South Korea. The levies are expected to be
in force for five years.
The decision was made after the ministry of
international trade and industry completed
an investigation into complaints by a
domestic producer that steel wire rod
imports from the countries, sold at a much
lower price, were hurting the domestic
industry.
China’s Jiangsu Shagang International
Trade Co Ltd and Jiangsu Yonggang
Group Co Ltd, and Indonesia’s PT Ispat
Indo are exempted from the duty.
Malaysia levies
anti-dumping tax
Three New Zealand telecommunications
companies are to spend $60 million on
a fiber optic cable to link New Zealand
with Australia. Telecom, Vodafone and
Telstra have announced that they plan to
complete the subsea cable by the end of
2014.
The cable’s capacity of 30 terabits per
second is approximately 300 times New
Zealand's current data needs, but will
improve the country’s slow Internet speed
and, the partners hope, offer a boost to
the New Zealand economy.
At present, New Zealand relies primarily
on one main cable, the Southern Cross
cable that extends from Sydney through
Auckland and on to Hawaii, to connect to
the world. A second, older cable connects
Auckland and Sydney and runs near
capacity.
Fiber optics
for NZ