2021 年 2021 巻 1 号 p. 20-28
The installation of new geothermal power sources in Japan appears to face difficulty even after the FIT (Feed-in Tariffs) scheme started in 2012. This study clarifies the reasons and the recent circumstance of disputes regarding new geothermal developments all over Japan from 2011 to 2020. To identify each dispute, all articles of national newspapers were investigated by using search words of “geothermal power” and “opposition” both during that term. Through testing the average of two groups where geothermal-related disputes observed and not, among resource potential, installation targets and difference between target and existing capacity of each prefecture, the difference was thought to be mostly affected to disputes situation. So, to make consensus about new geothermal power installation, more citizen's understanding about existing geothermal power plants should be needed.
