Abstract
To address golobal warming problems, Japanese local governments currently tend to introduce new energy technologies including renewable energy technologies such as wind power and photovoltaic generation systems, and to formulate local energy policies in addition to relevant usual environmental policies. This paper shows processes of the formulation and introduction by analysing the data collected from local governments' officials through questionnaire. Main findings demonstrate that new energy technologies areintroduced by limited actors with subisidies in many cases, however ensuring diversity of actors and providing various arenas for communication affect outcomes of processes seriously, and characteristrics of new energy technologies differentiate actors involved and furthermore introductoin process.
