Outline of Japan Council for Renewable Energy
1) Organization Name : Japan Council for Renewable Energy (JCRE)
2) Date of Organization established : June 8th, 2007
3) Background till establishment : The international conference focusing renewable energy was held in Makuhari-Chiba October 9 to 13th, 2006, initiated by Japan ad-hoc organization covering all RE areas. This was well successfully performed with 1063 researches, academia and industry from 55 countries. For the exhibition, visitors summed more than 20,000. In recognition of the closing communique and the support by the government, firm organization, not temporary, was built named as Japan Council for Renewable Energy (JCRE).
4) Philosophy of Organization : Renewable energy is a resource of treasure for all global human being.
we are living in One World. Therefore, our slogan is “Advanced Technology Paths to Global Sustainability”
in developing the renewable energy.
5) Feature of Organization
■Heading by the first line academia, three government backed organizations, NEDO, AIST and NEF are incorporated as the pillar of organization.
■keeping channel with academia league and industry league to be supported
6) Principal Activity and Plan
1)International Conference : held every 4 yrs in Japan, and intermediate year in Asian country.
2)International Exhibition : held every year in Japan
3)International Forum : held except the year of International Conference held
4)various support activities along with organization philosophy
7) Activity performed
International Conference/ Forum |
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No of Forums |
Registered |
FY2006 |
25 |
3,108 (incld. Int. Conference 1,063) |
FY2007 |
14 |
2,760 |
FY2008 |
18 |
4,142 |
International Exhibition |
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Exhibitors |
Booth |
Visitors |
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FY2006 |
208 |
366 |
20,203 |
FY2007 |
176 |
301 |
16,390 |
FY2008 |
170/PV230 |
720 |
45,547* |
*Joint Exhibition with PV Japan
8) Activity in year2009 and year2010
| Key note Speaker in Opening Day | Date and Place | ||
FY2009 |
Int. Exhibition & Int. Forum |
・Japanese Government ・Denmark(Ambassador & Specialist) ・USA(Colorado state rep)・・expected |
Jun 24, Makuhari messe in Chiba (Jun 24 - Jun 26) |
FY2010 |
Int. Conference & Int. Exhibition |
・Japanese Government ・TBD, talking with METI(Japan, APEC host country) |
Jun 28, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama (Jun 27 - July 1) |
9) Organization Structure

■Management : Annual activities are reviewed and decided through the general board meeting, including all councilors (reviewers, auditor) totaling about 50 members, composed of socio-government, academia and industry.
10) Key members of Organization
●Board Committee
| Chairman | Kosuke Kurokawa (Tokyo Tech) Professor, Director of ISES |
| Vice Chair | Izumi Ushiyama (AIT) President, university |
| Vice Chair | Makoto Konagai (Tokyo Tech) Professor |
| Vice Chair | Kazuaki Koizawa (NEDO) Executive Director |
| Vice Chair | Masakazu Yamazaki (AIST) Vice-President |
| Vice Chair | Ryoichi Ito (NEF) Vice Chairman |
●Advisory Committee
| Chairman | Takao Kashiwagi (Tokyo Tech) Professor, Chairman of METI NE/RE Committee |
●Steering Committee
| Chairman | kosuke Kurokawa (Tokyo Tech) Professor, Director of ISES |
| Vice Chair | Masayuki Kamimoto (AIST) Director, AIST Kansai |
| Deputy V. Chair | Yoshiro Ohwadano (AIST) Research Coordinator for Environment & Energy |
| Organizer | Makoto Ikeda (JCRE) Secretary general of JOPRE |
| Organizer | Masanori Nishino (JCRE) ex-JPEA PA manager |
| Organizer | Osamu Ikki (RTS) President, PV consulting Co. |
| Special Leaders : | Izumi Ushiyama (AIT) President, university |
| Shinya Yokoyama (Tokyo U) Professor | |
| Chuichi Arakawa (Tokyo U) Professor | |
| Hideki Fukuda (NEDO) Director General, New Energy Technology Development Department | |
| Toshio Tanaka (NEF) Department manager | |
| Michio Kondo (AIST) Director, Research Center for Photovoltaics | |
| Kinya Sakanishi (AIST) Director, Biomass Technology Research Center | |
| Noboru Ozawa (Fuji Sankei) Senior director of Mass media | |
| Hideo Okada (Fuji Sankei) Senior advisor of Mass media | |
| Noriyo Inada (TEPCO) Manager, Electric Power Co. |
| JCRE Office | Japan Council for Renewable Energy (JCRE) Place : Ohmori Bldg.4F, 2-2-2 Kanda Tsukasa-cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Zip 101-0048 TEL: +81-3-5294-3888 FAX: +81-3-5294-0909 council@renewableenergy.jp |
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