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The future of renewable energies in Japan after 3.11 identifying types of energy-business actor's perceptions |
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| Creator | 1. Martin David 2. Robert Lindner 3. Sergio Gemperle |
| Title | The future of renewable energies in Japan after 3.11 identifying types of energy-business actor's perceptions |
| Publisher | School of Renewable Energy Technology |
| Publication Year | 2556 |
| Journal Title | International Journal of Renewable Energy |
| Journal Vol. | Vol. 8 |
| Journal No. | No.2 |
| Page no. | pp 1-11 |
| Keyword | Japan, renewable energy, diffusion of innovation, energy policy, energy business actors |
| ISSN | 1905-7172 |
| Abstract | Research on renewable energies has repeatedly highlighted the importance of market mechanisms for further diffusion. Findings of a recent survey conducted among employees of companies related to the Japanese energy production sector indicate a strong commitment of these actors to abandon nuclear energy and to focus on the production of renewable energies instead. They are also stressing a great variety of arguments against nuclear energy, ranging from economic considerations to more ethical belief-based motivations to invest in renewable energy. This has implications for further Japanese energy policy making. By exploring the survey data with the set- theoretical, configurationally method fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) we are able to create a typology of economic actors who oppose nuclear energy based on different combinations of arguments. We can hereby demonstrate the importance of developing a variety of political initiatives to respond to actors' diverse motivations to invest in the Japanese energy transition. |
