Continued implementation of renewable energy and analysis of the department in charge

Case Analysis of companies participating in the Next Generation Energy and Social Systems Demonstration Project in Japan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the actual status of the introduction of renewable energy after the demonstration and the transition of the administration departments in charge of the companies that participated in the ‟Next Generation Energy and Social Systems Demonstration Project”. As a result of the analysis, all of the companies introduced renewable energy even after the demonstration and the departments in charge of renewable energy differed depending on the working group to which the company belonged. One of the characteristics of the companies that were continuously trying to introduce renewable energy was that they participated in councils organized by the government and economic organizations and exchanged information with other companies.