Bringing together renewable energy and energy security, this book covers both the politics and political economy of renewables and energy security and analyzes renewable technologies in diverse and highly topical countries: Japan, China and Northern Europe.

1. Introduction; Espen Moe PART I: ENERGY SECURITY 2. What is Strategic about Energy? De-simplifying Energy Security; Gunnar Fermann 3. The Energy Security of Japan after Fukushima 3/11; Frank Umbach 4. The Impact of 3-11 on Japanese Public Opinion and Policy toward Energy Security; Paul Midford 5. China's Energy Security; Øystein Tunsjø 6. The Norwegian Energy Security Debate: Domestic and International Dimensions; Jakub M. Godzimirski PART II: RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND POLITICS 7. Technologies for Electricity Generation in Wind Turbines; Bogi Bech Jensen and Tore Undeland 8. Early Promoter of Solar Photovoltaics: Forty Years of Development of Policy and Technology in Japan; Kenji Asano 9. Smart, but is it Sustainable? The Importance of Reconciling Non-technical Concerns in Grid Development Policies; Audun Ruud PART III: ENERGY AND POLITICS: SOLUTIONS AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS 10. A Review of Renewable Energy Legislation and Policy in China; Yu Wang 11. From 'worn' to 'green' China-model? Energy in the 12th Five-year Plan in an Environmental and Climate Change Perspective; Jørgen Delman and Ole Odgaard 12. Enabling China's Low-carbon Transition: The 12th Five-year Plan and the Future Climate Regime; Jiangwen Guo, Eric Zusman and Espen Moe 13. The German Policy Support Mechanism for Photovoltaics: The Road to Grid Parity; Karolina Jankowska 14. Vested Interests, Energy Policy and Renewables in Japan, China, Norway and Denmark; Espen Moe 15. Conclusions; Paul Midford