2020 Volume 18 Issue 4 Pages 259-266
The purpose of this study is to identify the situation and issues of promotion of renewable energy in Fukushima after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This study reveals that (1) most municipalities in Fukushima are promoting renewable energy, (2) there is a possibility that introduction of renewable energy equipment destroy nature and cause some problems such as landscape destruction and noise issues in the local area, and (3) there is a possibility that renewable energy became means for regional activation. Based on these results, this study points out that it is necessary not only to secure budget and human resources but also to take measures against regional issues at the same time, and also that cooperation among the government, prefecture, municipalities, companies, and research institutes is important in order to promote renewable energy more and more.
