Transformation of the Energy Sector and Consequences for the Energy Mix: A Case Study of Japan
Mar 31, 2023
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Published Online: Mar 31, 2023
Page range: 13 - 25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2023-0002
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Figure 1.
![Energy mix 2010–2020.Source: Author's own calculations on the basis of METI 2019] (may not add to 100 because of rounding).](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64726ab0215d2f6c89dc731c/j_oszn-2023-0002_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250911%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250911T090830Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=8b8eb81321ef8495801fe6190f44d8118dc7594439144373c6958cda19acb52a&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 2.
![RES generation by type.Source: Author's own calculations on the basis of IEA data [IEA 2022].](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64726ab0215d2f6c89dc731c/j_oszn-2023-0002_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250911%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250911T090830Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=55fecc1aaea7541041930da1549a361975cc226e549abf6de43b6d3072db1021&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 3.
![The 2019 and 2030 energy mixesSource: Author's own calculations on the basis of METI data [METI 2021, p. 12]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64726ab0215d2f6c89dc731c/j_oszn-2023-0002_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250911%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250911T090830Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=2276d9ae7b95128f748d9c85809bb21e6c51a2c5bda1ae5128781b2925b0c690&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)