MEMBERS_TAGS: Energy local communities

Urabe Chiyori T.

Chiyori T. Urabe received a Doctor of Human and Environmental Studies from Kyoto University in 2006.
Since 2014, she has been a Project Assistant Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo.
Her research interests include energy system integration.

Sato Yasuo

Director of the Energy Innovation Center of the Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
In 1994, he completed his studies in the Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, and joined Hitachi, Ltd.. Posted to the Hitachi Research Institute, developed electric power system stabilization systems, and created electric power trading support systems. In 2008, he was sent overseas to Washington, DC. He participated in the establishment of research and development strategy for smart grids under green new deal policies. After his return to Japan, he resumed research and development. In 2013, he was appointed to his present position, in which he is responsible for the research themes: response to electricity deregulation, energy management, and electric power electronics application products.

Baba Jumpei

He received a Ph.D in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in　2001.
He joined Tokyo Univesity of Science as an assistant in 2001, and joined the University of Tokyo as an assistant in 2003.
He was appointed as a lecturer in 2005, and has been an associate professor from 2006.
He is a member of IEEE, IEEJ, IEIEJ and CSSJ.
His main interest is power electronics, power systems, energy storage systems and renewable energy sources.

Tanaka Kenji

Completed a doctoral course in the University of Tokyo (Doctor of Engineering). After working atMcKinsey and Company and Japan Industrial Partners, Inc., he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, and since 2017, has been Project Associate Professor specializing in the study of technology management strategy in the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo (IoE social cooperation program).
Has acted as policy councilor for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Division D Technical Committee member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, and Councilor of the Japan Association for Management Systems.

Ogimoto Kazuhiko

In 1979, graduated from the School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo and joined J-Power. Appointed to his present position in 2008. Research fields is the energy system integration including energy technology strategy, analysis and evaluation of materials and energy supply and demand, analysis and evaluation of dynamic energy supply and demand, centralized/distributed energy management, and introduction of reusable energies, energy systems diagnosis and evaluation; and risk assessment.

Yoshimoto Naoki, Dr.Eng.

Joined Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. in 2003 and joined the H-U Tokyo Lab. in 2017. He specializes in environmental functional materials, energy management, and renewable energy application for building equipment system. Professional Engineer of Japan (Chemistry, Comprehensive Technical Management).