Renewable energy will play an important role in Japan’s reconstruction, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Tuesday as the country struggled to bring a damaged nuclear power plant under control.
“When considering the damage from this accident, there is no doubt we are moving toward making renewable energy sources a pillar,” Edano told reporters.
Damage to Fukushima’s Daiichi nuclear power plant caused by the devastating earthquake this month has contaminated water and produce surrounding areas with radiation.
Edano did not say whether a move toward renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biofuels would spell a fundamental overhaul of Japan’s nuclear energy policy.
“For now we have to focus our efforts in preventing further damage (at the plant). We need to examine our stance on nuclear energy once that is done,” he said.
