"Japanese style" outlook for offshore wind power generation and future forecast map (final series)
Representative Director of Shibuya Diving Industry, Director of Marine Energy Fisheries Coexistence Center
Mr. Masanobu Shibuya explained the need for human resources who can do ecological design to promote cooperation with the fishing industry and grand design centered on offshore wind power generation based on the efforts in Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture. What is his practice of human resource development and the outlook for Japanese-style offshore wind power generation that he advocates? A must-see final episode with a lot of feedback and a concentrated serialization that attracted the attention of the industry.
Offshore wind power generation unique to Japan
Mr. Masanobu Shibuya, Representative Director of Shibuya Diving Industry, Director of Marine Energy Fisheries Coexistence Center
A specialist who has worked on numerous underwater works for underwater structures such as the construction of the Tokyo Bay Aqua Line and the expansion of Haneda Airport. Since 2010, he has been promoting the creation of a model in which marine ecosystems and fisheries and marine renewable energy coexist and cooperate, pioneering underwater ecological design that pleases the earth, and promoting activities to promote a sustainable society that will lead to the next generation. We are actively doing it.
At Tokyo Bay Aqua Line
Confident that it will be compatible with the environment
Shibuya Diving Industry, which boasts a history of more than 40 years as a company specializing in underwater construction, has been involved in numerous big marine projects in Japan, engaged in underwater welding and concrete pouring.
However, for example, when building a harbor, the breakwater may be removed with dynamite to damage the rocky shore. The rocky shore is rich in seaweed and is an important place for maintaining the ecosystem. The company's president, Masanobu Shibuya, was once saddened that his work led to the destruction of the marine environment.
It was the construction of the Tokyo Bay Aqua Line that changed the values of President Shibuya. The underwater part of the "Wind Tower" had a steel pipe jacket structure, and fish such as black sea bream and rockfish were swarming there. Therefore, he thought, "The structure in the sea and the environment in the sea are compatible" (President Shibuya).
After that, he became involved in a demonstration experiment of floating offshore wind power generation in Goshima City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and established the Marine Energy Fisheries Coexistence Center in order to promote a fishery cooperation model using offshore wind power generation. He had confirmed the school of fish in the Netherlands, which preceded offshore wind power, and was convinced that it could be achieved in Japan.
The seas of Japan are now shore-burning and the catch has dropped sharply, which is one-third of what it was 30 years ago. It is difficult to earn money in the fishing industry, and the shortage of successors is also serious. However, "If you use offshore wind power well, you can revive the Japanese sea." President Shibuya believes so and is on his way.
The person who heard the story
Shibuya Diving Industry Co., Ltd.
President and CEO
Masanobu Shibuya
