2017 Volume 70 Pages 81-95
While JOGMEC implemented geothermal business over the past 5 years, there has been a growing recognition as to effective use of geothermal support program by JOGMEC. This is thanks to the backup measures from the government and in response to the strong gain of momentum of the companies in geothermal development. (Egashira, et al., 2014)
On the other hand, in the Long-term Energy Supply and Demand Outlook, July 2015, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) put geothermal power as "base load power source", which can be produced stably and by low cost, and set a goal to increase the present geothermal power ratio in the total power generation (the energy mix) by 3 times up to 2030.
Aiming for the achievement of the energy mix, JOGMEC will make efforts to enhance collaboration with all the parties concerned and accelerate geothermal development.
In this report, we explain about the current situation of and the issues surrounding geothermal power in Japan, and JOGMEC's support programs, recent activities and its future prospect as well.
