About Project
- Name of Project
- FUTURE-PV Innovation
(FUkushima Top-level United center for Renewable Energy reserch – PhotoVoltaics Innovation) - Research Director
- Makoto Konagai
Professor, Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo City UniversityResearch Director conducts research management tasks such as planning a detailed plan for the research, recruiting researchers, conducting the research and managing research expense. Research director integrates researchers from different institution or research area to achieve the aim of this project
- Project Term
- 2012 – 2016 (5 years)
- Objectives
- Reconstruction Agency and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) work together for the project “FUTURE-PV Innovation” based on the Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake (determined on 29 July 2011). The objective of this project is to establish top-level united center for renewable energy research in Fukushima to realize high efficient solar cells. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) constructs buildings for the united center in Fukushima.
Under the conduction of research director, researchers from different institution or research area promote creative research activities to realize high efficient solar cells. - Scheme
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Under the direction of research director, JST supports research activities to enhance establishment of the united center for renewable energy research in Fukushima.
