An Analysis on the Development of Local Renewable Energy: A Case Study of Iida City

Today, “local” has become the mediator and facilitator for the implementation of national and international climate goals, as well as pursued its own sustainable development agenda rapidly. Its goals are to promote the development of local renewable energy, to seek to ensure local energy security, to achieve energy autonomy and ecological protection, to increase local income and employment opportunities, and thus to achieve the environmental and socioeconomic sustainability. In order to increase the understanding of local renewable energy and developing renewable energy projects, this research attempts to conduct a case study on the solar photovoltaic power project of Iida city. After reviewing the related literature, this research uses business models of local renewable energy and the model of collaborative governance by Ansell and Gash(2008) to construct the framework of research. Finally, the findings reveal that the solar photovoltaic power project of Iida city belongs to a social enterprise models and has collaborative variables. Inspired by the findings, this research proposes some suggestions for the development of local renewable energy in the future.