2019 Volume 15 Issue 2 Pages 2_64-2_72
This paper examined the case, the establishment and operation of the citizens' photovoltaic power plant at Noda Village in Iwate Prefecture which is seeking to create renewable energy in Iwate, one of the prefectures severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the following tsunami.
It focused on their "regional cooperation" among "regional actors" by interviewing the individuals involved in the case.
The case was developed through "cooperation among citizens and/or non-profit organizations (NPOs)" by older victims' group and NPOs as key persons inside and outside of Noda Village at the core in collaboration with "industry-academia-government-citizens-financial sector cooperation", utilizing economic and social systems such as FIT (Feed-in Tariff) and citizens' funds.
Based on the outcome of our case study this paper concluded that the "cooperation among citizens and/or NPOs plus industry-academia-government-citizen-financial-sector cooperation" was developed as one of the diverse and complex forms of regional collaboration in this case.
