Share of people who support solar energy Japan 2011-2020
According to a survey conducted on energy sources in Japan in October 2020, around 75 percent of respondents stated that solar energy should be used for energy generation in the future. Solar energy represented the most supported energy source throughout the past decade.
Reaching 86.5 percent, the share of people supporting solar energy peaked in 2011. In that year, the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture took place, resulting in a decreasing share of people who supported nuclear energy.
Reaching 86.5 percent, the share of people supporting solar energy peaked in 2011. In that year, the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture took place, resulting in a decreasing share of people who supported nuclear energy.
