Kahoku Shimpo News (4) Eco Town / Natural energy practical use promotion

<Starting Higashimatsushima>
Starting in the affected areas, Social experiment is mid-August of the Eco-Town focused at local production for local consumption of power.
The stage is in temporary housing around Higashimatsushima, Introducing the propeller and photovoltaic panels for wind power generation、To install a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting street number of groups equipped with a storage battery.
Business entity, made of researchers and small and medium business「JASFA」.Vice chairman Yasuo Utsumi , vice president of National institute of technology Sendai college, says「It is possible in the future to cover the power supply of the house.  With the generated power to the originator of disaster prevention information, become a strong eco-town」
After the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident、It increases the momentum of quit–nuclear power plant、It blows tailwind to the natural energy. Stated in Miyagi Prefecture earthquake reconstruction plan 2 draft for Eco-Town concept came up with environmentally advanced regional development solar and biomass, geothermal energy.
■News paper ：kahoku-news-110731.pdf