Aoyama Plateau Wind Farm
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The Aoyama
Plateau Wind Farm, located amongst the Aoyama Plateau in the Muroo-Akame-Aoyama Quasi-National Park, Japan
, is one of the largest wind farms in Honshū
. This area is located between Tsu, Mie
and Iga, Mie
. It currently hosts 32 turbines of 700 kW each.
The site covers 10.5 hectare
s and produces a maximum of 14 MWe.
Aoyama
Aoyama may refer to:-Places:* Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan** Aoyama Gakuin University, famous university located in Aoyama, Tokyo** Aoyama-itchōme Station, a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan...
Plateau Wind Farm, located amongst the Aoyama Plateau in the Muroo-Akame-Aoyama Quasi-National Park, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, is one of the largest wind farms in Honshū
Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...
. This area is located between Tsu, Mie
Tsu, Mie
is the capital of Mie Prefecture, Japan. The city of Tsu is located on Ise Bay, east of the city. Tsu is bounded to the north by Suzuka and Kameyama; to the west by Iga, Nabari, and Nara Prefecture; and to the south by Matsuzaka city.-History:...
and Iga, Mie
Iga, Mie
was a town located in Ayama District, Mie Prefecture, Japan.On November 1, 2004 Iga absorbed the old city of Ueno, the towns of Ayama, the villages of Ōyamada and Shimagahara, all from Ayama District, and the town of Aoyama, from Naga District, to become the new city of Iga.-Geography:Located on...
. It currently hosts 32 turbines of 700 kW each.
The site covers 10.5 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
s and produces a maximum of 14 MWe.