Renewable energy use in Japan: national policy, critical response and alternative paradigms

Dollery, Paul Anthony (2010) Renewable energy use in Japan: national policy, critical response and alternative paradigms. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University.

Abstract

Recent national renewable energy policy in Japan is informed by a very real, severe and continuing energy security crisis and by the perceived need for a national response to global warming. The recent history of this policy response is described, as are the socio-political and economic circumstances which have shaped and constrained it. The substance of the critiques from significant RE energy generator and advocacy groups in light of perceived policy failures is provided. These critiques are based on the research evidence these groups have produced which demonstrates how the full range of RE resources available in Japan have been under-emphasized or ignored. These same groups and sub-national organizations have undertaken alternative RE policy development and implementation strategies which underpin a larger concern for the long-term sustainability of Japanese society. Several of the more striking of these alternatives, the Tδkyδ-Regional Network, the Energy in My Yard concept, and Sustainability Zones, are described.

Publication Type:	Thesis (Masters by Coursework)
Murdoch Affiliation:	School of Engineering and Energy
Supervisor:	Schlapfer, August and McHugh, Adam
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/4223

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