AIST established the Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture in April 2014, to promote R&D into renewable energy.
The Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA) has two basic missions: The promotion of R&D into renewable energy, which is open to the world; and to make a contribution to industrial clusters and reconstruction.
The new institute was established as a novel research base to develop innovative technologies in collaboration with domestic and international partners.