EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROJECT PROMOTING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ACROSS JAPAN

Abstract

This survey was performed to study the effects obtained from renewable energy power generating equipment that has been installed according to the Government-Funded Project Promoting the Use of Renewable Energy subsidized by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). The evaluation assessed the following items: (1) operational status; (2) management status; (3) CO2 reduction; (4) cost of CO2 reduction; and (5) ripple effects. It was found that equipment that had been installed in association with the establishment of new buildings and that which had been included in the energy and emergency-response plans of the regions both tended to have high scores.