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Power To The People - How Japan’s Hot Springs Could Power Your Home

06:32 Min

Tsuchiyu Onsen is a small town in the Fukushima prefecture, Japan. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan suffered an energy shortage affecting small towns like Tsuchiyu Onsen. The town's community tapped the onsen-rich resources and built a geothermal binary power plant. However, onsen operators fear rampant geothermal developments will deplete the geothermal resources.

Power To The People

Power To The People - How Japan’s Hot Springs Could Power Your Home

14 Jun 2024 10:00pm

Tsuchiyu Onsen is a small town in the Fukushima prefecture, Japan. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan suffered an energy shortage affecting small towns like Tsuchiyu Onsen. The town's community tapped the onsen-rich resources and built a geothermal binary power plant. However, onsen operators fear rampant geothermal developments will deplete the geothermal resources.

Power To The People

About the show:

Across Asia, the transition to clean energy is accelerating. It’s reshaping landscapes, industries, and everyday lives. The second season of Power to the People shows how communities are living on the front lines of this shift; from remote villages to coastal towns - where geothermal, wind, solar, and hydropower projects are redefining how energy is produced and experienced. 

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