Japan and Energy

A large industrialized nation, Japan has turned research and a partnership between government authorities, companies and citizens into the main drivers of its growth. For decades, Japan has been studying and developing new forms of energy. The Fukushima nuclear accident further accentuated the country's need to better balance its

energy mix

The range of energy sources of a region.

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and thereby reduce its dependency on imported fossil fuels and on

nuclear energy

Energy produced in nuclear power plants. The enormous amount of heat released during fission ...

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, which worries the population. Today, Japan is accelerating its transformation, in the areas of both technology (renewable energies,

hydrogen

The simplest and lightest atom, the most abundant element in the universe.

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and energy storage) and social structure (decentralized energy management and smart communities).