Hydrogen is a focus of attention as a next-generation source of clean energy. An ambitious project is now in progress in Fukushima: verification of leading-edge technologies required to produce hydrogen from renewable energy on a large scale, and to transport, store and use it. We plan to use the Fukushima-generated hydrogen during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

The primary missions of the Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA) are: to promote research and development into renewable energy, which is open to the world; and to contribute to reconstruction of the region through developing clusters of new industries. As the only laboratory in Japan dedicated to renewable energy research, FREA focuses on research into new technologies that support the anticipated massive introduction of renewable energy, while developing related technologies in collaboration with local businesses. FREA opened one of the world’s largest power electronics test facilities in 2016, which allows it to develop power conditioners and other power control devices with local electrical machinery manufacturers. In addition, it undertakes joint research with universities and so forth to foster capable personnel for the future.

Establish a new power transmission company to develop the power grid necessary for building a wind farm in the Abukuma mountain and coastal regions.