Recently, more and more the attention to Community Power has been increased. Community based renewable energy projects can make the local circulation of energy resource and economy while saving the outflow of them. In the past, Japanese people have relied almost entirely on the national government, however, in this conference we wish to make this opportunity as a turning point to change such our mindset. It means that we will produce our energy by ourselves and realize local independence, and change the economic rules. Let us proceed the community based energy autonomy by bringing world wide knowledge and experience!

Along with explosive growth of renewable energy last decade, and structural change in energy supply and demand, community power and democratic process for development are playing more and more a key role for the process towards a 100% renewable energy future. This very first World Community Power Conference held in Fukushima after the 5th year anniversary of the disaster will be and must be a historical signal for the future.

Community Power has been widely recognized as a major driver of the global shift towards a 100 % renewable energy supply. Thanks to the decentralized character of renewable energy, communities are key actors in the new energy supply and communities around the world have started taking the energy supply in their own hands. The event at the symbolic location of Fukushima intends to give a boost to the close global cooperation of community power groups around the world and make community power part of the mainstream energy supply.