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2018/09/26

A party from Nonpartisan Federation For Realization of Natural Energy Society, visited Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA).

On Thursday August 30, 2018, A party from Nonpartisan Federation For Realization of Natural Energy Society (Mr.Katsuya Okada,the adviser and  Mr.Kaname Tajima,the chairman) toured FREA.

First, Yukinobu Miki, Senior Vice-President of AIST, spoke Welcome remarks, Tetsuhiko Kobayashi, Vice-President of AIST, spoke introductory overviews of AIST, and Masaru Nakaiwa, Director-General of FREA, spoke introductory overviews of FREA.
In laboratory tour, a local company (Kankyo System Yamano Co., Ltd.) explained their products developed through the Revitalization Program in Disaster Areas in Tohoku *. Hirohide Furutani, Director of the Renewable Energy Research Center, explained various research topics in the Renewable Energy Demonstration Field and the Energy Control Building and the Smart System Research Facility. Michio Kondo, Supervisory Innovation Coordinator, explained about High-Performance PV Module Pilot Line with Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells. At the end of tour, FREA members appreciated invaluable feedback and opinion from delegates.

*We provide support for commercializing renewable energy related technologies and know-how held by companies located in the three prefectures struck by the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures).  (*This site is available only in Japanese.)


エネルギー管理棟視察の様子
From the right-hand side, Emi Kaneko, a member of an assembly, Katsuya Okada, a member of an assembly and adviser of all-party parliamentary group, Kaname Tajima, a member of an assembly and chairman of all-party parliamentary group, Kenji Eda, a member of an assembly, and Hiroyuki Nagahama, a member of an assembly listening to an explanation in the Energy Management building.
電波暗室視察の様子
From the second right person, Kaname Tajima, a member of an assembly, Katsuya Okada, a member of an assembly, Emi Kaneko, a member of an assembly, Kenji Eda, a member of an assembly, and Hiroyuki Nagahama a member of an assembly listening to an explanation in Smart System Research Facility.