Akita Prefecture, with its long coastline and considered an ideal location for wind power generation, is raising questions about the way accident reports are handled by operators. In the case of a wind turbine collapse in Oga City, the city only received a detailed explanation about two months after the incident. Reporting to the host municipality is not mandated by law, and the prefecture is calling on the national government to make it mandato…
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Akita Prefecture, with its long coastline and considered an ideal location for wind power generation, is raising questions about the way accident reports are handled by operators. In the case of a wind turbine collapse in Oga City, the city only received a detailed explanation about two months after the incident. Reporting to the host municipality is not mandated by law, and the prefecture is calling on the national government to make it mandato…