World’s first typhoon turbine could power Japan for 50 years

One typhoon contains enough energy
 to power Japan for a year.

Japanese engineer Atsushi Shimizu has developed the first typhoon turbine in the world.

The new turbine has been designed to withstand the force of typhoons and cyclones as well as harness the energy they produce.

According to the Atlantic Oceanographic & MeteorologicalLaboratory, a mature typhoon generates an amount of kinetic energy "equivalent to about half the world-wide electrical generating capacity", which means the energy of one typhoon could power Japan for 50 years, says Shimizu.

Japan currently imports around 84 per cent of the energy it consumes, and the country’s few attempts at turning to wind power have been unsuccessful.

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