Japan and Germany need cooperation to push energy transition

Japan and Germany, as two of the world’s most technologically advanced countries, need to overcome the trauma brought about by the Fukushima nuclear disaster and focus on a vigorous decarbonisation of their economies, Peter Hennicke, of the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council, says in an interview in the Frankfurter Rundschau. Both countries still adhere to a policy in which they need conventional power sources to ensure their energy security. A consistent expansion of a renewable and decentralised energy system, as well as a less carbon-intensive transport sector, are possible if both countries share their expertise and capabilities, he argues.

Read the interview in German here.

See the CLEW dossier The challenges of Germany’s nuclear phase-out for more information.