Electricity
Scholarly Publications
A comparative institutional analysis of the Fukushima nuclear disaster: Lessons and policy implications
February 2013
This paper analyzes the causes, responses, and consequences of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident (March 2011) by comparing these with Three Mile Island (March 1979) and Chernobyl (April...
Reorganizing the Power Distribution Sector in India
July 2004
This paper presents the central issues for electricity-sector reform in India, as they grew out of the reform process that began in 1991, and within the context of the sector's organization,...
Power Sector Reforms in India: Issues Relating to Agriculture
March 2004
Excerpt: Q (T L Sankar): Why do utilities charge different rates to different consumers?
News
Impact of North Korea sanctions reflected in luminosity gap
June 2016
In a recent television interview with the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), SK Center Fellow Yong Suk Lee said that tougher economic sanctions on North Korea are not achieving their intended...
Energy efficiency, financial crisis response, and Fukushima
August 2011
Phillip Lipscy, an assistant professor of political science and a center fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies, is currently conducting research on energy efficiency and...
U.S.-Japan Dialogue: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Job Creation
February 2011
On February 23, John Roos, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Robert Hormats, U.S.
Events
Research Presentations (session 5 of 5) - Ishii, Liu, Minowa and Wang
March 30, 2017
The format of this presentation is each of the three speakers will have approximately 15 minutes to present their research. This will be followed by a short period of 5-10 minutes for any...
One Year After Japan’s 3/11 Disaster: Reforming Japan’s Energy Sector, Governance, and Economy
February 27, 2012
In the year following Japan’s 3/11 triple disaster of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear incident, fundamental issues in Japan’s political economy are being debated.
Research Presentations (4 of 4) - Kondo, Murata and Yamamoto
May 24, 2011
Takeshi Kondo, "Augmented Reality Application Outside of the Entertainment World" Augmented Reality (AR), created in the 1960s, has recently attracted attention due to the progress of Information...
Projects
Introducing Power Pricing Reforms in India
This is a research study on how the transition to appropriate power pricing mechanisms in Andhra Pradesh might be managed.
English
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One Year After Japan’s 3/11 Disaster: Reforming Japan’s Energy Sector, Governance, and Economy
February 2012
In the year following Japan’s 3/11 triple disaster of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear incident, fundamental issues in Japan’s political economy are being debated.
One Year After Japan’s 3/11 Disaster: Reforming Japan’s Energy Sector, Governance, and Economy
February 2012
In the year following Japan’s 3/11 triple disaster of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear incident, fundamental issues in Japan’s political economy are being debated.
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