Greetings from the 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 opened 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.
FURUTANI Hirohide
Director-General
About FREA
One of FREA’s unique features is its large-scale demonstration fields located at its research sites. Various testing facilities for renewable energy for social implementation have been established. Taking advantage of this field, we conduct research for commercialization and product realization in collaboration with industry and universities.
- Organization Name
- Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA)
- Address
- 2-2-9 Machiikedai, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-0298, Japan
Please check the access page for directions to FREA.
- TEL
- +81-24-963-1805 (024-963-1805)
- Total Site Area
- 78,000 square meters
- Main Research Facilities
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- Main Building
- Demonstration Field
- Experiment Building
High performance Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells R&D Facility
- Smart System Research Facility
Japan’s largest grid connection test facility up to 5 MW
Organization
FREA is an institute responsible for the overall management and operation of research and development (R&D), while the Renewable Energy Advanced Research Center (READ) takes full responsibility for advancing the R&D.
Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST (FREA)
- General Affairs Office
- Collaboration Affairs Office
- DER Facility Operating Office
Renewable Energy Advanced Research Center (READ)
The Renewable Energy Advanced Research Center (READ), Department of Energy and Environment, is a research unit engaged in R&D of renewable energy technologies at FREA and AIST Tsukuba. From core technologies to system integration, and from basic research to applications, we conduct R&D across a wide range of renewable energy fields.
- Research Base:FREA
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- Wind Power Research Team
- Photovoltaic Module and Application Research Team
- Photovoltaic System and Application Research Team
- Energy Network Research Team
- Hydrogen Energy Research Team
- Geothermal Energy Research Team
- Shallow Geothermal and Hydrogeology Research Team
- Research Base:AIST Tsukuba
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- Perovskite Solar Cells Research Team
- Tandem Photovoltaic Research Team
- Compound Solar Cells Research Team
- Photovoltaic Calibration, Standards and Measurement Research Team
- Hydrogen Energy Carrier Utilization Research Team