TY - JOUR
T1 - Japan's energy supply
T2 - Mid-to-long-term scenario - A proposal for a new energy supply system in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake
AU - Onoue, Kiyoaki
AU - Murakami, Yukitaka
AU - Sofronis, Petros
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Prof. K. Sasaki and Prof. M. Minemoto of Kyushu University, Deputy Directors, Mr. J. Mitsuyama and Dr. N. Kuriyama of Research Center for Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage (HYDROGENIUS) of AIST for their useful discussion and support to serving the data which were used in this paper. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I 2 CNER), sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - After the Fukushima nuclear plant accident, Japan is facing an unprecedented situation with its energy supply. This paper provides an overview of Japan's current energy landscape with descriptions of the kinds and production of energy. Since it is inevitable that the use of nuclear energy will decrease, we shall propose a best mix of electric sources of the large-scale and centralized network as well as the decentralized network as an alternative. The hub for this proposal is regional power centers (RPC) to control the electric supply as well as fuel transportation and storage on an area-by-area basis. As technologies that will realize this power center, we will discuss fuel cells, hydrogen production and storage and furthermore, the potential of CCS, which is requisite technology for carbon dioxide emissions reduction.
AB - After the Fukushima nuclear plant accident, Japan is facing an unprecedented situation with its energy supply. This paper provides an overview of Japan's current energy landscape with descriptions of the kinds and production of energy. Since it is inevitable that the use of nuclear energy will decrease, we shall propose a best mix of electric sources of the large-scale and centralized network as well as the decentralized network as an alternative. The hub for this proposal is regional power centers (RPC) to control the electric supply as well as fuel transportation and storage on an area-by-area basis. As technologies that will realize this power center, we will discuss fuel cells, hydrogen production and storage and furthermore, the potential of CCS, which is requisite technology for carbon dioxide emissions reduction.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.096
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.096
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860367970
VL - 37
SP - 8123
EP - 8132
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
SN - 0360-3199
IS - 10
ER -
