xiv CONTENTS
6
Renewable Energy as a New Choice for Consumers:
The Case of Minna Denryoku
135
Yuki Takebuta
7
Betting on Hydrogen: Japan’s Green Industrial Policy
for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
149
Robert M. Uriu
Part II New Challenges and Opportunities in East Asia
8
Between the Rhetoric and the Reality: Renewable
Energy Promotion vs. Adoption in South Korea
183
So Young Kim and Inkyoung Sun
9
China’s Promotion of Wind and Solar Power:
Supportive Policies, Geographical Challenges
and Market Competition
199
Gang Chen
10 Solar PV in Singapore in the Absence of Subsidies
225
Gautam Jindal, Jacqueline Tao, and Anton Finenko
11 Renewable Energy Policy in Vietnam
247
Nam Hoai Nguyen, Binh Van Doan, Huyen Van Bui,
and Quyen Le Luu
Part III New Challenges and Opportunities in Norden
12 Why Norway as a Green Battery for Europe Is Still
to Happen, and Probably Will Not
281
Espen Moe, Susanne Therese Hansen,
and Eirik Hovland Kjær