Magali Dreyfus is a Researcher at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research). She is based at CERAPS (Center for European Research on Administration, Politics and Society) – Lille University in France. Formerly, she was a Visiting Fellow at GRIPS (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) and a Research Fellow at United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), in Tokyo, Japan.Aki Suwa is a Professor at the Faculty of Contemporary Society, Kyoto Women’s University (KWU), and an Instructor at the College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University. Her main responsibility at these institutions is to conduct research on environment and sustainable policy and approach, based on community and regional analysis in Japan and in Asia. Prior to her appointment she was a Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). Her research focuses on how environmental understanding facilitate policy formulation, and how this subsequently influences the degree of the policy implementation on ground. Prior to working in UNU-IAS, she completed a doctorate from the University College London, the University of London. She also holds a MSc degree in the Environmental Technology and Policy from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.

• Table of contents IntroductionMagali Dreyfus and Aki SuwaPART 1: NATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF ENERGY GOVERNANCEChapter 1 Searching for alternatives to fossil and fission based energy sources in France Guillaume Dezobry and Magali DreyfusChapter 2 Energy transition in Japan: The political landscape and civil society’s contributionMasayoshi IyodaPART 2: LOCAL GOVERNMENT POWERS IN THE ENERGY SECTORChapter 3 Local authorities and energy in France. Increasing duties, limited means of actionFrançois-Mathieu PoupeauChapter 4 Local energy governance: The Japanese context, development and typologyAki SuwaChapter 5 Barriers to renewable energy. A case analysis of the Garorim Bay tidal plant project in South Korea Bomi Kim and Youhyun Lee Part 3: LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: CITIZENS, COMMUNITIES AND COMPANIESChapter 6 Local public companies, local authority shareholders and electricity: rarely one, never two, always three Marie-Anne VanneauxChapter 7 Analysis of the value added to local economies by municipal power suppliers in Japan Kenji Inagaki and Takuo NakayamaPART 4: 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY TERRITORIES WITH 100% RENEWABLE ENERGYChapter 8 The voluntary initiatives, "positive energy territory" and "positive energy territory for green growth", first steps towards a decentralization of the French energy system? Blanche LormeteauChapter 9 The feasibility of a 100% renewable energy scenario at the village level in Japan from an economic standpoint Takuo NakayamaChapter 10 Actors, motives and social implications of 100% renewable energy territories in Austria and Germany Laure DobignyPART 5: TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES IN ENERGY TRANSITION: MARKET, GRIDS AND SMART CITIESChapter 11 Digital and energy transition in French cities: limits and asymptote effects Raphaël Languillon-AusselChapter 12 Analysis of supply-demand balances in the western Japan grids in 2030: Integrating large-scale photovoltaic and wind energies: Challenges in cross-regional interconnections Asami Takehama and Manabu UtagawaChapter 13 A glimpse into smart cities: opportunities for the development of energy cooperatives for citizens and businesses in Mexico Luis Román Arciniega GilConclusion and avenues for further researchMagali Dreyfus and Aki Suwa