Featured in Testing the waters – 07-2011

Post-Fukushima

Japan: Post-Fukushima Japan is a vastly different place to the one which committed to a nuclear energy future. Recent government announcements regarding a drive towards solar research and development and a feed-in tariff scheme with strong political support all indicate Japans energy future will result in a commitment to renewable sources with solar and PV at its core.

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Jonathan Gifford

28 Jun 2011

“During the hot days in August, I use the air-conditioning almost every day,” is how matter-of-factly Japanese student Ami Urushiyama describes her household’s vigorous energy consumption, “but others turn it on whenever they come into a room, when they wake up to when they get home.” Living in a modern apartment on the tenth floor …

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