Paul Midford is Professor of Political Science and Director of the NTNU Japan Program, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Espen Moe is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the NTNU Japan Council at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I. New Challenges and Opportunities in Japan

Chapter 2. Japan's Energy Policy and Community Power Movement after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Chapter 3. Why Japan is No-longer a Front-runner: Domestic Politics, Renewable Energy and Climate Change Policy

Chapter 4. Reforming Japan's Nuclear Regulation After 3/11

Chapter 5. The Politics of Nuclear Power Plant Restarts versus Renewable Energy Promotion

Chapter 6. Renewable Energy as a New Choice for Consumers: The Case of Minna Denryoku

Chapter 7. Betting on Hydrogen: Japan's Green Industrial Policy

Part II. New Challenges and Opportunities in East Asia

Chapter 8. Between Rhetoric and Reality: Renewable Energy Promotion versus. Adoption in South Korea

Chapter 9. China's Promotion of Wind and Solar Power: Supportive Policies, Geographical Challenges and Market Competition

Chapter 10. Solar PV in Singapore in the Absence of Subsidies

Chapter 11. Renewable Energy Policy in Vietnam

Part III. New Challenges and Opportunities in Norden

Chapter 12. Why Norway as a Green Battery to Europe is Still to Happen, and Probably Will Not

Chapter 13. Beyond Wind: New Challenges to the Expansion of Renewables in Denmark

Chapter 14. Renewable Energy in Finland: from a Production-Centric to a Consumption-Centric System

Chapter 15. Conclusions: New Challenges to Renewables in Comparative Perspective