Renewables prosper in Japan despite new government’s pro-nuclear stance

This car carrier vessel has 768 solar photovoltaic panels on the deck to power onboard systems (photo: dpa)

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Japan

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16 April 2013

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Naoto Kan Shinzo Abe Yoshihiko Noda

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Dr. Stefan Lippert

Professor Dr. Stefan Lippert passed away in September 2016.He was a business school professor and management consultant who had been based in Tokyo since 2005.He taught international corporate strategy and leadership at Temple University, Japan Campus, and other universities in ...

New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has rejected his predecessor’s decision to phase out nuclear power in Japan, where energy costs have soared in the wake of the shutdown following the Fukushima disaster. But very few reactors are expected to be re-started in the foreseeable future – and meanwhile the renewable energy sector is flourishing, especially solar power.

TWO themes dominate discussion on Japan’s energy policy two years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011.

Mainstream media continue to emphasise that the catastrophe was basicall...

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The limiting factors for solar projects are a lack of suitable land, difficulty to secure financing and approval from the ministry, and reluctance of utility companies to connect new generation systems to the grid