The announcement by Tokyo last week was the most extreme of three scenarios that had been proposed by the government regarding the country’s future energy supply.
It was triggered by huge public pressure in response to last year’s earthquake and nuclear disaster at Fukushima.
Policies to support Japan’s new goal of zero nuclear power within the 2030s still need to be worked out, but they are likely to include a target for renewable energy to supply 35% of the country’s electricity by 2030, says Shuta Mano, senior researcher for policy innovation at the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF).
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