Kanagawa Prefecture

CO2 target

Established year	Target	Target year	Base year	Ordinance, plan, program
2006	0%	2010	1990	Climate change action plan （revised in Jun. 2006）

Renewable energy target

Established year	Target	Target year	Base year	Ordinance, plan, program
2003	Supplied energy: 873,400kl （in oil equivalent）, supply ratio: 2.67%（of FY2010 TFC*）, PV: 74,700kl （305,100kW）, Solar heat: 301,000kl, Wind: 5,300ｋｌ（11,800kW）, Biomass power generation: 28,500kl（27,700kW）, Biomass use: 56,200kl, Unused: 48,600kl, Waste pow	2010	―	Kanagawa new energy plan

Concrete measures on climate change and renewable energy

項目	有無	内容
Subsidy for PV	-	-
Climate change plan	-	-
RE & EE plan for new building	-	-
Others	√	Implemented green power purchasing system (purchase of green power certificate is one of the criteria of general evaluation system for bidding).

Division in charge of climate change measures :

Environmental Planning Division, Environment and Agriculture Department

Corporation with other divisions :

Placing a priority on global warming countermeasures, and established Kanagawa Global Warming Prevention Committee, a cross-sectoral organization.

Other climate change measures :

Established the Ordinance to Promote Global Warming Measures and Cool Renaissance Declaration

Details of Initiatives and Programs


Kanagawa Prefecture's Ordinance to Promote Global Warming Measures As of March 2009, Kanagawa Prefecture was in the process of drawing up an ordinance to promote global warming countermeasures. Kanagawa Prefecture's Draft of Ordinance to Promote Global Warming Measures (in Japanese)

Kanagawa Prefecture's Ordinance to Promote Global Warming Measures

As of March 2009, Kanagawa Prefecture was in the process of drawing up an ordinance to promote global warming countermeasures.

Kanagawa Prefecture's Draft of Ordinance to Promote Global Warming Measures (in Japanese)


Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Warming Prevention Action Plan (Revised in December 2008) Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Warming Prevention Action Plan (PDF File, in Japanese)

Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Warming Prevention Action Plan (Revised in December 2008)

Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Warming Prevention Action Plan (PDF File, in Japanese)


New Energy Advisory Project Kanagawa Prefecture has entrusted a non-profit organization (NPO) with providing concrete advice to citizens, on an individual basis, regarding the introduction of alternative energy. From an objective and impartial standpoint, the NPO provides information on and coordinates the introduction of alternative energy in terms of its adequateness, suitable scale, effects, cost, subsidies available, etc. New Energy Advisory Project (in Japanese) 　　 Kanagawa Prefecture's Green Purchasing Basic Policy Since fiscal 2006, Kanagawa Prefecture has adopted new requirements on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for electric power companies to participate in bids for contracts to supply electricity to the prefectural government's offices, in order to encourage them to be more conscious about the environment. In fiscal 2008, Kanagawa began to apply a green power purchasing program that defines the methods of evaluating power suppliers' environmental consciousness. Power suppliers that are actively engaged in addressing global warming are chosen by integrated evaluation methods and given priority in participating in bids for all the prefecture-owned facilities that need bidding. On a total scale of 100, suppliers are rated on CO2 emission coefficients of the previous fiscal year (maximum 60 points), and their environmental efforts, such as the use of unutilized energy and alternative energy (maximum 40 points). Of the latter 40 points, up to 20 points are given for purchasing green power certificates for electricity generated within the prefecture, with the aim of promoting photovoltaic and other forms of green power in the prefecture. Suppliers are classified into three ranks based on their total scores, to determine their qualification for participating in the bidding. Specifically, suppliers scoring 70 or higher (Rank I) are qualified for participation in bids for all the prefecture-owned facilities. Suppliers scoring 60 to less than 70 (Rank II) are entitled to participate in bids for the prefecture's facilities with contract demand of less than 2,000 kilowatts, and those scoring less than 60 (Rank III) are not qualified for any participation. In this way, Kanagawa aims to differentiate environmentally friendly power suppliers from other suppliers. Kanagawa Prefecture's Green Purchasing Basic Policy (in Japanese)

New Energy Advisory Project

Kanagawa Prefecture has entrusted a non-profit organization (NPO) with providing concrete advice to citizens, on an individual basis, regarding the introduction of alternative energy. From an objective and impartial standpoint, the NPO provides information on and coordinates the introduction of alternative energy in terms of its adequateness, suitable scale, effects, cost, subsidies available, etc.

New Energy Advisory Project (in Japanese)
　
　

Kanagawa Prefecture's Green Purchasing Basic Policy

Since fiscal 2006, Kanagawa Prefecture has adopted new requirements on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for electric power companies to participate in bids for contracts to supply electricity to the prefectural government's offices, in order to encourage them to be more conscious about the environment. In fiscal 2008, Kanagawa began to apply a green power purchasing program that defines the methods of evaluating power suppliers' environmental consciousness. Power suppliers that are actively engaged in addressing global warming are chosen by integrated evaluation methods and given priority in participating in bids for all the prefecture-owned facilities that need bidding. On a total scale of 100, suppliers are rated on CO2 emission coefficients of the previous fiscal year (maximum 60 points), and their environmental efforts, such as the use of unutilized energy and alternative energy (maximum 40 points). Of the latter 40 points, up to 20 points are given for purchasing green power certificates for electricity generated within the prefecture, with the aim of promoting photovoltaic and other forms of green power in the prefecture. Suppliers are classified into three ranks based on their total scores, to determine their qualification for participating in the bidding. Specifically, suppliers scoring 70 or higher (Rank I) are qualified for participation in bids for all the prefecture-owned facilities. Suppliers scoring 60 to less than 70 (Rank II) are entitled to participate in bids for the prefecture's facilities with contract demand of less than 2,000 kilowatts, and those scoring less than 60 (Rank III) are not qualified for any participation. In this way, Kanagawa aims to differentiate environmentally friendly power suppliers from other suppliers.

Kanagawa Prefecture's Green Purchasing Basic Policy (in Japanese)

Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Warming Measures
Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Warming Measures (in Japanese)

Kanagawa Prefecture's New Energy Strategy
Kanagawa Prefecture's New Energy Strategy (in Japanese)