The
landscape
had
changed
for
renewables
too,
as
the
ensuing
public
outcry
and
safety
fears
forced
the
government
to
begin
shutting
down
the
country’s
50
undamaged
reactors.
Almost
immediately,
the
energy-hungry
country
was
struggling
to
meet
its
electricity
demand
and
was
soon
importing
a
record
amount
of
expensive
natural
gas.
With
little
domestic
fossil-fuel
reserves
of
its
own,
aside
from
dirty
coal,
it
was
clear
that
an
overhaul
of
the
country’s
energy
policy
was
needed
—
and
it
was
needed
fast.
Tokyo
realised
that
the
answer
would
be
an
increase
in
renewable
energy…
