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Greetings from the Director-General

FREA Director-General
FURUTANI Hirohide
Director-General
 
 Towards a Leading Research Center for Renewable Energy
 Renewables are valuable domestic energy resources for Japan, and its rapid penetration is expected because they are indispensable for both the prevention of global warming and ensuring sustainability.
Cost competitiveness with conventional energy resources, stable supply, and recognition of the regional difference of renewables are key issues for its deployment.
 
 In April 2014, three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA) was opend in Koriyama city of Fukushima.

 As a part of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), FREA aims to be a global innovation hub concerning renewables, through creative “Fukushima” technologies.
FREA also contributes to revitalize the affected area, by developing new industries and human resources.
 
 We would like to collaborate with you all in this challenge. We appreciate your continued support.

Organization

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Research Facilities

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Main Research Facilities

Name Purpose Building Area
Main Building Research, Collaboration, Conference, Management. 7,200 square meters
Demonstration Field Empirical research. 30,000 square meters
Experiment Building Specific experiment. 4,700 square meters
Smart System Research Facility The research and development of innovative DERs. 5,700 square meters
 

Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA)

2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
TEL: +81-24-963-1805 (024-963-1805)
E-mail: frea-info-ml@aist.go.jp
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