Evaluating Japanese policy instruments for the promotion of renewable energy sources |
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| Authors: | Ken’ichi Matsumoto Kanako Morita Dimitrios Mavrakis Popi Konidari |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;2. Center for International Partnerships and Research on Climate Change, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan;3. Energy Policy and Development Centre, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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| Abstract: | In Japan, the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) have been used for the exploitation of renewable energy sources (RES). Although these are significant to enhance the use of RES, the RES penetration is not reaching the expected percentage. The identification of their strengths/weaknesses will allow their improvement for achieving the target. This paper concerned the evaluation of RPS and FIT using a multi-criteria evaluation method. First, official data/information were used to assess their performance using the method. Second, national experts were asked about their performance to verify the outcomes. We found FIT was more effective than RPS. |
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| Keywords: | Climate policy feed-in-tariff multi-criteria evaluation renewable energy renewable portfolio standard |
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