Tetsunari Iida

Who is Tetsunari Iida?

Tetsunari Iida is director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Japan. Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, he is calling for a decrease in Japan's reliance on nuclear power and an increase in renewable energy use.

Iida says that, from 2008 to 2010, Japan's annual increase in solar power capacity jumped from 230 megawatts to almost 1 gigawatt, giving the country a total capacity of 3.6 gigawatts. He believes that, with continuing government support, huge solar farms will become economically attractive in Japan for the first time.