Title :
Japan´s New National R&D Program for Photovoltaics
Author :
Sakata, Isao ; Tanaka, Yukao ; Koizawa, Kazuaki
Author_Institution :
New Energy & Ind. Technol. Dev. Organ., Kawasaki
Abstract :
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) will start two new national R&D programs for photovoltaics in fiscal year (FY) 2006: "R&D for Next Generation PV Systems" and "PV System Technology for Mass Deployment, Phase II". The duration of these new programs is four-years. These programs have been created with reference to PV Roadmap Toward 2030 (PV2030), which was established in 2004 with the aim of providing a long-term perspective of PV R&D in Japan. We will briefly describe the outline of this roadmap and discuss NEDO\´s role, taking account of the fact that the PV market in Japan is rapidly expanding. The targets and details of these new R&D programs will also be shown
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; research and development; 4 yrs; Japan; NEDO; New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization; PV market; long-term PV roadmaps; national R&D program; photovoltaic power generation; photovoltaics; Costs; Energy resources; Government; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power generation economics; Research and development; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279315
