洋上風力、ＥＥＺへ拡大　政府、新海洋基本計画を決定

　政府は２８日の閣議で、今後５年間の海洋政策の指針となる新たな海洋基本計画を決定した。現在は領海内に限られる洋上風力発電所の設置場所を排他的経済水域（ＥＥＺ）まで広げる法整備を進めると明記した。洋上風力発電を脱炭素社会実現の切り札として「持続的な海洋の構築」を目指す。
　これに先立ち、政府は総合海洋政策本部（本部長・岸田文雄首相）の会合を首相官邸で開催。首相は「産学官の英知を結集し、海洋政策の変革を推進すべき時だ」と強調した。
　新計画は、洋上風力の発電目標を４０年までに３０～４５ギガワットに増やすと設定。海に浮かべた土台の上に発電設備を設置する「浮体式」を軸に導入を進め、送電網などの整備も急ぐ。（2023/04/28-08:47）

Japan adopted on Friday a plan to allow offshore wind power generation facilities to be built in its exclusive economic zone surrounding the territorial waters.
   Currently, such facilities can be built only within the territorial waters extending up to 12 nautical miles from the coast.
   The new basic plan on ocean policy for the coming five years, adopted at a cabinet meeting, said that the government will prepare legislation to expand the locations of such facilities beyond the territorial waters to the EEZ, which stretches up to 200 nautical miles from the coast.
   Under the plan, the government aims to realize "the creation of a sustainable ocean" while regarding offshore wind power generation as the trump card to achieve a carbon neutral society.
   Before the plan was adopted, the government's Headquarters for Ocean Policy, headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, held a meeting.