The Political Economy of Renewable Energy and Energy Security: Common Challenges and National Responses in Japan, China and Northern Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
What is Strategic about Energy? De-simplifying Energy Security....Pages 21-45
The Energy Security of Japan after Fukushima 3/11....Pages 46-66
The Impact of 3–11 on Japanese Public Opinion and Policy Toward Energy Security....Pages 67-96
China’s Energy Security....Pages 97-115
The Norwegian Energy Security Debate: Domestic and International Dimensions....Pages 116-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Technologies for Electricity Generation in Wind Turbines....Pages 139-156
Early Promoter of Solar Photovoltaics: Forty Years of Development of Policy and Technology in Japan....Pages 157-174
Smart, but is It Sustainable? The Importance of Reconciling Non-Technical Concerns in Grid-Development Policies....Pages 175-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
A Review of Renewable Energy Legislation and Policies in China....Pages 197-220
From ‘Worn’ to ‘Green’ China Model? Energy in the 12th Five-Year Plan in an Environmental and Climate-Change Perspective....Pages 221-240
Enabling China’s Low-Carbon Transition: The 12th Five-Year Plan and the Future Climate Regime....Pages 241-257
The German Policy Support Mechanism for Photovoltaics: The Road to Grid Parity....Pages 258-275
Vested Interests, Energy Policy and Renewables in Japan, China, Norway and Denmark....Pages 276-317
Conclusions....Pages 318-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-333