NEDO, an independent administrative institution in Japan, established March 1, 2009, a new section for conducting integrated and all-around research and development of power storage technologies.
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) plans to invite participants to the "Fundamental Scientific Research Project on Advanced Storage Batteries" in order to approach the performance limit of storage batteries through academic-industrial cooperation.
Currently, the Japanese transport industry relies nearly 100% on petroleum. Therefore, wider use of the next-generation automobiles, including electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles, which can be powered by a variety of energies and are environmentally-friendly, is expected.
Battery technologies are the core technologies for all types of the next-generation vehicles. And it is expected that driving distances will be significantly improved if full-fledged batteries for electric cars (advanced storage batteries) are developed. In recent years, technology development in this field has been advancing in the US and Europe because of supports from the governments, and the competition has escalated on a global scale.
Responding to foreign newcomers as well as the expanding market and needs, NEDO established the new section to maintain the superiority and competitiveness of the Japanese storage battery industry. This is the first newly-established technology development section since NEDO became an independent administrative institution in October 2003.
The section for the development of power storage technologies will promote the development of technologies for attaining the limit performance of Li-ion secondary batteries. Also, it will develop and expand the use of an innovative storage battery that is superior to Li-ion batteries by promoting international standardization of safety and lifetime evaluation methods. Furthermore, the new section will support the forming of a cross-disciplinary consortium for the development of storage battery technologies.
The section will take over the "Technology Development for Energy Storage System Facilitating Systematic Collaboration" for system power and the "Technology development for the Next-Generation Automotive Energy Storage System" for automobiles, for the time being. And it will undertake the Fundamental Scientific Research Project on Advanced Storage Batteries, a new project for fiscal 2009.
The section has an annual budget of about ¥7.1 billion (approx US$73 million) for fiscal 2009 and seven staff members. But it plans to reinforce the structure in the future so as to respond to a wide variety of needs for storage battery technologies.
Source: Tech-On
NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) plans to invite participants to the "Fundamental Scientific Research Project on Advanced Storage Batteries" in order to approach the performance limit of storage batteries through academic-industrial cooperation.
Currently, the Japanese transport industry relies nearly 100% on petroleum. Therefore, wider use of the next-generation automobiles, including electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles, which can be powered by a variety of energies and are environmentally-friendly, is expected.
Battery technologies are the core technologies for all types of the next-generation vehicles. And it is expected that driving distances will be significantly improved if full-fledged batteries for electric cars (advanced storage batteries) are developed. In recent years, technology development in this field has been advancing in the US and Europe because of supports from the governments, and the competition has escalated on a global scale.
Responding to foreign newcomers as well as the expanding market and needs, NEDO established the new section to maintain the superiority and competitiveness of the Japanese storage battery industry. This is the first newly-established technology development section since NEDO became an independent administrative institution in October 2003.
The section for the development of power storage technologies will promote the development of technologies for attaining the limit performance of Li-ion secondary batteries. Also, it will develop and expand the use of an innovative storage battery that is superior to Li-ion batteries by promoting international standardization of safety and lifetime evaluation methods. Furthermore, the new section will support the forming of a cross-disciplinary consortium for the development of storage battery technologies.
The section will take over the "Technology Development for Energy Storage System Facilitating Systematic Collaboration" for system power and the "Technology development for the Next-Generation Automotive Energy Storage System" for automobiles, for the time being. And it will undertake the Fundamental Scientific Research Project on Advanced Storage Batteries, a new project for fiscal 2009.
The section has an annual budget of about ¥7.1 billion (approx US$73 million) for fiscal 2009 and seven staff members. But it plans to reinforce the structure in the future so as to respond to a wide variety of needs for storage battery technologies.
Source: Tech-On
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