Sustainability Praxis in Community Based Renewable Energy Planning and Development

PhD Thesis, Aalborg University

After many twists and turns of 7 years, I finalized my PhD research and successfully defended the PhD thesis on October 9th 2015 at Aalborg University Copenhagen campus. In my PhD research, I investigated the underlying dynamic process in community based renewable energy planning and development, particularly in Japan before and after Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Supervisor

• Andrew Jamison (Aalborg University)

Members of the Assessment Committee

• Tomas Kåberger (Chalmers University of Technology)
• Carl Cassegård (University of Gothenburg)
• Lars Bo Henriksen (Aalborg University, chairman)

Chair of the PhD Defence

• Susse Georg (Aalborg University)

Contents

Introduction

1. Historical background of renewable energy development
2. Local renewable energy in practice
3. Sustainability praxis of renewable energy
4. The case of community based renewable energy in Japan before 3.11
5. The case of community based renewable energy in Japan after 3.11
6. Components of Sustainability Praxis