Approach to Renewable Energy

What is "Renewable Energy"?

Renewable energy includes solar, wind, geothermal, small and medium-sized hydropower, and biomass.
For Japan, which is resource-poor and dependent on foreign countries for most of its fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas, which account for about 80% of its current energy supply, this is an important low-carbon domestic energy source with the advantages of "no greenhouse gas emissions" and "domestic production.

*Set a target of 22-24% for the ratio of renewable energy in FY2030 (announced by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).