A group of people of Fukushima, who were exposed to radiation impact, after the explosion in Dai-chi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, paid a visit to Germany. During their visit where they learned (discovered) how to make renewable energy a key factor in the development of local communities.

Tatsuko Okara, a woman farmer, who is engaged in the cultivation of organic vegetables and fruits, was among the members of the group. Her farm is located 40 kilometers from the plant Fukushima Dai-chi. In the interview with The Associated Press, she said that after the disaster at Chernobyl in 1986 for the first time she was seriously concerned about the plant   which is in the neighborhood. After the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which led to the leakage radiation at nuclear power plants Fukushima, Okara decided to devote herself to the development of alternative energy in her country.

Japanese well-known environmental organization Greenpeace is engaged in travel arrangements and choice of participants. Japanese people visited the German village called Felltham, in which 145 inhabitants are completely self-sufficient in energy by wind turbines and biogas plants. The last one uses the waste of the local pig farm as a fuel.
Besides the fact that people of Felltham   reduced their financial costs to one-third (annual total savings of more than 134 000 U.S. dollars) owing to<> energy, their <> to the wind and biogas allowed to create 30 new jobs.

Due to the accident at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima and the growth of public concern, in June of this year the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, stated that by 2020 all 17 nuclear power plants will be closed in Germany and the government will give priority to energy conservation and renewable energy. According to available data, 17% of all electricity is produced by renewable energy sources in Germany. In Japan the figure is 9% so far.

Timur Idrisov, < >
According to the material of: http://www.washingtonpost.com

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