New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構), or NEDO, is Japan's largest public management organization promoting research and development as well as deployment of industrial, energy and environmental technologies. In 2003, NEDO was reorganized as an Independent Administrative Institution. NEDO has approximately 1,000 personnel and domestic offices in Hokkaido, Kansai, and Kyushu and international offices in Washington D.C., Silicon Valley (California), Paris, Beijing, Bangkok, Jakarta and New Delhi. Its budget for fiscal year 2009 was 234,700,000,000 yen (approximately $2.6 billion), the vast majority of which was provided by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Its head office is located just outside Tokyo in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

NEDO has a number of projects in the United States, notably a smart grid and alternative energy project with two research laboratories in New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).^[1] In March 2010, NEDO and the laboratories signed agreements in which NEDO will fund a smart grid research facility at LANL and smart house demonstration projects in both Los Alamos and Albuquerque, New Mexico. NEDO is investing $30 million (U.S.) on the projects for a four-year period.^[2]

History

October 1, 1980 - In response to the energy crises of 1973 and 1978, the New Energy and Development Organization is established under the Law Concerning the Promotion of the Development and Introduction of Alternative Energy to develop fossil fuel alternative energy technologies in order to stabilize world energy supplies and reduce Japan's dependency on imported energy sources.
October 1, 1988 - Reorganized and scope of activities is expanded to include the research and development of industrial technologies. Name is changed to New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (acronym remains NEDO).
October 1, 2003 NEDO becomes an Independent Administrative Institution
2005 - NEDO Pavilion at Expo 2005, shares the results of many NEDO funded and managed R&D projects, including solar photovoltaic, fuel cell and robotic technology.
2010- NEDO and Hokkaido University developed a motor using magnets which are commonly used in electronics parts to lessen the burden of utilizing rare earth minerals.^[3]
On march 19th 2017 a memorandum of understanding was signed to build a large-scale hybrid battery system demonstration project in Germany. The project aims to stabilize the distribution grid, and thereby control the electric power supply and demand balance, by charging and discharging storage batteries, and to establish a new business model for electricity trading using the battery system.^[4]^[5]

References

^ “Companies picked for Japan-NM smart grid projects", Businessweek, June 2010
^ New Mexico Business Weekly: “Japan signs smart-grid accords with New Mexico.” Robinson, March 5, 2010.
^ Japan develops hybrid car motor free of rare earths
^ Large-Scale Hybrid Battery System Demonstration Project to Launch in Germany
^ In Varel wird eine der größten Batterien Norddeutschlands gebaut (German)

"NEDO:成果報告書データベース" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
"NEDOパビリオン EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-03-21.
"よくわかる！技術解説 -NEDO技術開発機構" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2008-03-21.

External links

Official site
Official site in English

Incorporated Administrative Agencies in Japan

There are 102 institutions as of April 1, 2012. Bold institutions employ national public servants.

Cabinet Office

National Archives of Japan
ja:Northern Territories Issue Association
ja:National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan

Ministry of
Internal Affairs
and
Communications

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
ja:National Statistics Center
ja:Public Foundation for Peace and Consolation
ja:Management Organization for Postal Savings and Postal Life Insurance

Ministry of
Foreign Affairs

Japan International Cooperation Agency
Japan Foundation

Ministry of
Finance

ja:National Research Institute of Brewing
Japan Mint
National Printing Bureau
Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70

Ministry of
Education,
Culture,
Sports,
Science and
Technology

ja:National Institute of Special Education
National Center for University Entrance Examinations
ja:National Institution For Youth Education
ja:National Women's Education Center
National Museum of Nature and Science
National Institute for Materials Science
ja:National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
ja:National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
ja:National Institute of Radiological Sciences
ja:National Center for Teachers' Development
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
RIKEN
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
ja:National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health
Japan Arts Council
ja:Japan Student Services Organization
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
ja:Institute of National Colleges of Technology
National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation
Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Ministry of
Health,
Labour, and
Welfare

ja:National Institute of Health and Nutrition
ja:National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
ja:Organization for Workers Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid
ja:Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job
Seekers
ja:Welfare And Medical Service Agency
ja:National Center for Persons with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
ja:Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization
ja:National Hospital Organization
ja:Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency
ja:National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
ja:Readjustment of Facilities for Insured Persons and Beneficiaries Organization
Government Pension Investment Fund
ja:National Cancer Center
ja:National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital
ja:National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
ja:National Center for Global Health and Medicine
ja:National Center for Child Health and Development
ja:National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontrogy