Japan's Feed-in-Tariff System for Clean Energy Mired in Regulations (Asahi Shimbun)
The nuclear disaster in Japan two years ago ignited a push to develop a new and clean energy industry, but those efforts are being stymied by a raft of regulations.
Geothermal power is no exception in terms of having to overcome mounting hurdles despite Japan's great potential for this sort of clean energy.
Developers face a set of complex procedures to obtain a permit when plans are made to build a geothermal power plant in a natural park or hot spring resort.
As a result, there was no private investment in geothermal power in Japan during fiscal 2012.
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