BORN FROM DISASTER: JAPAN ESTABLISHES FIRST MICROGRID COMMUNITY

摘要

Following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan, one city decided to transition to a clean, renewable future and became Japan's first microgrid community. Although Japan's Fukushima prefecture is most commonly associated with the 2011 disaster due to the nuclear power meltdown, Miyazaki prefecture, located north of Fukushima, suffered the largest death toll, close to 10,000, and the largest flood damage in the nation. Located on the coast, Higashimatsushima city was no exception. It had a catastrophic tsunami-caused flood, which put 65 per cent of the city under water, with over 1,100 lives lost. Approximately 10,000 residents lost their homes and were forced to evacuate.