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2018/09/26

Kazuo Kyuma, president of The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, visited Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST(FREA).

On Thursday July 12, 2018, Kazuo Kyuma, president of The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, toured FREA.

First, Tesuhiko Kobayashi, Vice-President of AIST, spoke Welcome remarks and introductory overviews of AIST. Masaru Nakaiwa, Director-General of FREA, spoke introductory overviews of FREA.
In laboratory tour, Hirohide Furutani, Director of the Renewable Energy Research Center, explained commercialized products developed through the Revitalization Program in Disaster Areas in Tohoku* and various research topics including the Smart System Research Facility and High-Performance PV Modules Pilot Line with Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells.

*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.)



President Kazuo Kyuma (center) listening to an explanation in the Energy Control Building. President Kazuo Kyuma (center) exchanging views.   
President Kazuo Kyuma (center) listening to an explanation in the Energy Control Building.
President Kazuo Kyuma (center) exchanging views.