Research on policies for the promotion of locally initiated renewable energy projects

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25281068
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: YAMASHITA Hidetoshi 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 准教授 (50323449)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TERANISHI Shun'ichi 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 特任教授 (30134878)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OSHIMA Ken'ichi 立命館大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (00295437)
• Research Collaborator: ISHIDA Nobutaka (株)農林中金総合研究所, 客員研究員 ; TERABAYASHI Akira (株)農林中金総合研究所, 研究員 ; YAMAKAWA Toshikazu 下関市立大学, 経済学部, 准教授 ; FUJIYA Takeshi 久留米大学, 経済学部, 専任講師 ; NISHIBAYASHI Shogo 立教大学, 経済学部, 助教 ; FUJII Kohei 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 研究補助員 ; ASAI Mika 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 研究補助員 ; ISHIKURA Ken 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 研究補助員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 再生可能エネルギー / コミュニティ・パワー / 自然資源経済 / 内発的発展 / 資金メカニズム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to find policies for the promotion of locally initiated renewable energy projects in Japan, projects which meet the criteria on the community power were drawn from the nationwide cases. Their way of decision-making, finance, and profit distribution were examined. It was found that the relationship to the local government was one of the keys to project realization. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was done for all the municipal government in Japan which asked their policies for the promotion of renewable energy. As the result, characteristics of the municipalities which were positively promoting renewable energy were revealed. Especially, those who were promoting renewable energy other than solar power for the purpose of revitalization of the region had found much importance. Support for such a municipality was found to be needed.

Free Research Field

資源経済学／環境経済学