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Local Renewable Energy Initiatives In Germany And Japan In A Changing National Policy Environment, Carol Hager, Nicole Hamagami
Local Renewable Energy Initiatives In Germany And Japan In A Changing National Policy Environment, Carol Hager, Nicole Hamagami
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Our article explores the contribution of local initiatives to the creation of path dependencies for energy transition in Germany and Japan in the face of resistance from entrenched incumbents at the national level. We use a process-tracing methodology based partly on interviews with local participants. In particular, we explore the role of local initiatives in securing "socio-political space" for the expansion of renewable energy (RE) and in embedding themselves in "ecosystems" of public and private institutions. German energy activists were more successful than their Japanese counterparts in expanding this space and creating positive feedback in part because they were able …