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Profile of NEDO

Contributing to Society by Accelerating Innovation and Achieving Results in a Timely Manner

Following the two oil crises of the 1970s, NEDO was established in 1980 to promote the development and introduction of new energy technologies. Since then, NEDO has become one of the largest public research and development management organizations in Japan, and it works with the government to implement economic and industrial policies. In this capacity, NEDO undertakes technology development and demonstration activities to carry out the two basic missions of addressing energy and global environmental problems and enhancing industrial technology by integrating the combined efforts of industry, academia, and government. In order to further advance its activities, NEDO has formulated technology development strategies with a mid- and long-term perspective, and has planned and proposed new projects based on its strategies. In addition, with the aim of creating greater innovation, a new project manager system has been introduced to improve management capabilities and enhance NEDO’s role as an intermediary for discovering technology seeds and facilitating the commercialization of innovative technology.

NEDO is carrying out its Fourth Five-Year Plan that began in April 2018 with a focus on its three pillars of achieving results for practical application through technology development management, fostering technology-based startups, and providing a new direction for mid- and long-term technology development.

First, as a specific effort to achieve results for practical application through technology development management, NEDO is striving to further strengthen its management capability to promote challenging research and development activities based on technology strategies. This is expected to enable a quick response to innovation that is taking place around the world and produce practical applications that utilize research and development results as much as possible. Second, NEDO will develop and implement various support measures to foster human resources and technology-based

startups by establishing a system to provide consistent support from the seed phase to practical application. NEDO’s activities will also include giving assistance to discover human resources capable of bringing about innovation, thereby creating new industries. In addition, NEDO facilitates open innovation and cooperates and exchanges information with other public organizations with the aim of serving as a public-private support hub for venture businesses and open innovation. Third, a new direction for mid- and long-term technology development is being established, which will lead to cultivation and practical use of innovation in the future. Technology development strategies utilizing Japan’s competitive advantages will also be formulated by anticipating innovation trends faster and more accurately than in other countries. NEDO will then plan and carry out industry-academia-government collaborative projects.

NEDO will contribute to realizing Society 5.0 and achieving sustainable development goals through its activities. Moonshot-type research and development projects will be launched in 2019 with the aim of creating disruptive technology in Japan. It is expected that challenging research and development activities will be promoted based on a more ambitious concept that transcends the enhancement of current technologies. To this end, NEDO will continue to make every effort to contribute to society by providing opportunities to produce innovation through industry-academia-government collaboration and achieving results in a timely manner.

Chairman’s Message

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

ChairmanHiroaki Ishizuka

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Chairman’s Message ……………………………………… 2About NEDO, NEDO’s Missions, Positioning of NEDO … 3

Table of Contents

Organizational Overview and Projects …………………… 4NEDO Initiatives …………………………………………… 8

● NEDO plays an important role in Japan’s economic and industrialization policies through its funding of technology development activities. NEDO also acts as an innovation accelerator to realize its two basic missions of addressing energy and global environmental problems and enhancing industrial technology.

● NEDO coordinates and integrates the technological capabilities and research abilities of industry, academia, and government instead of employing its own researchers. It also promotes the development of innovative and high-risk technologies. NEDO aims to contribute to the resolution of social issues and market creation by demonstrating and producing practical applications of such technologies.

About NEDO

NEDO’s Missions

NEDO actively undertakes the development of new energy and energy conservation technologies. It also conducts research to verify technical results. Through these efforts, NEDO promotes greater utilization of new energy and improved energy conservation. NEDO also contributes to a stable energy supply and the resolution of global environmental problems by promoting the demonstration of new energy, energy conservation, and environmental technologies abroad based on knowledge obtained from domestic projects.

Addressing energy and global environmental problems

With the aim of raising the level of industrial technology, NEDO pursues research and development of advanced new technology. Drawing on its considerable management know-how, NEDO carries out projects to explore future technology seeds as well as mid- to long-term projects that form the basis of industrial development. It also supports research related to practical application.

Enhancing industrial technology

Managing Technological Development to Utilize

Results in Society

Fostering Technology-Based Startups

Determining the Direction of Mid- to Long-Term

Technology Development

Three Initiatives Based on NEDO’s Fourth Five-Year Plan

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In its role as an innovation accelerator, NEDO formulates project plans and establishes project implementation frameworks by combining the capabilities of industry, academia, and government, including public solicitations of project participants. NEDO carries out research and development projects and set targets based on changes in social conditions in order to realize maximum results.

Positioning of NEDO

Nationalgovernment and

Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry

Policy formulation

System designPromoting practical application

Realizing open innovation

Industry

Universities Publicresearchinstitutes

Technology strategy formulation

Project planning,operation,

budget management

Innovationaccelerator

Technologystrategy proposal

Operation,assessment

Frameworkdevelopment

National guidelines,budgets

Project participation

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National Research and Development Agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)Business name: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Originally established on October 1, 1980; reorganized as an incorporated administrative agency on October 1, 2003

Operations relating to technology development management (national projects and practical application promotion activities)

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative AgenciesAct on the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

1,000 (as of April 1, 2019) Approximately 1.43 billion US dollars (FY2019) (Budget amount is calculated at a rate of 110 yen per US dollar.)

Chairman Mr. Hiroaki IshizukaPresident Mr. Hiroshi OikawaExecutive Directors Mr. Toshihiro Mitsuhashi, Mr. Shoji Kukita, Dr. Yoshiteru Sato, Mr. Kiyoshi Imai, Mr. Izuru KobayashiAuditors Mr. Hideaki Nakano, Ms. Mime Egami

(as of October 1, 2019)

Designation

Foundation

Details of Major Operations

Minister in Charge

Governing Laws

Personnel

Budget

Executives

Organization

Background Information

(as of October 1, 2019)

Chairman

President

Executive Directors

Technology Strategy Center

Project Management Office

Innovation Promotion Department

Moonshot Research and Development Program Office

Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department

AI Promotion Division

Internet of Things Promotion Department

Materials Technology and Nanotechnology Department

Bioeconomy Promotion Division

Energy Conservation Technology Department

New Energy Technology Department

Advanced Battery and Hydrogen Technology Department

Electricity Storage Technology Development Division

International Affairs Department

Global Environment Technology Promotion Division

Smart Community Department

Environment Department

Audit Office

General Affairs Department

Personnel Affairs Department

Accounting Department

Risk Management Department

Asset Management Department

Information and Systems Department

Evaluation Department

Public Relations Department

Kansai Branch Office

Overseas Offices(Washington, D.C., Silicon Valley, Europe, Beijing, Bangkok, New Delhi)

Auditors

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1974 ● Long-term Sunshine Project aimed at developing new energy technologies started

1978 ● Long-term Moonlight Project aimed at developing energy conservation technologies started

1980 ● New Energy Development Organization established

1988 ● Research and development on industrial technology added. Name changed to New Energy and Industrial Technology

Development Organization

1993 ● New Sunshine Project started

1996 ● Integration with Coal Mine Damage Agency. Coal mine damage compensation program added

2003 ● Incorporated Administrative Agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

established under the Act on the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

2006 ● Kyoto Mechanisms Credit Acquisition Program added

2007 ● Transitional operations related to coal mine damage recovery completed

2012 ● Coal and geothermal operations transferred

to Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National

Corporation

2014 ● Technology Strategy Center established

2015 ● Status changed from incorporated administrative agency to national research and

development agency

2016 ● Kyoto Mechanisms Credit Acquisition Program discontinued

In the 1970s, the world experienced two oil crises. To improve Japan’s energy diversification, NEDO was established in 1980 to help usher in energy conservation and new energy technologies.In 1988, NEDO added research and development of industrial technology to its activities. Today, it uses its role as a research and development management organization to boost innovation and promote research and development on energy, environmental technology, and industrial technology.

NEDO History

1986Experiments on a large-scale gr id-connected photovoltaic power system started for the first time on Rokko Island in Hyogo Prefecture

1993Full range of research on hydrogen started through International Clean Energy Network Using Hydrogen Con-ver sion (WE-NET) Proj-ect

1998Technological deve lopment of fluorocarbon c o l l e c t i o n and disposal started

2012Commercial mod el dem on stra tion hy-dro gen sta tion con-structed

1995Research and devel op-ment started on hard disk drive per pen dic u-lar magnetic recording method

1998Development started on underlying optical disc technologies that later led to Blu-ray disc

2013Disaster response r o b o t - r e l a t e d a chieve ments un-veiled

2002Demonstration Project on Grid-Interconnection of Clustered Photovoltaic Power Generation Sys-tems carried out at 553 homes in Pal Town Josai-no-Mori, Ota City, Gunma Prefecture

2005Development of human-ass is t ing robot technology such as robot ic suits started

2016AI activities started

Organizational Overview and Projects NEDO Initiatives

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NEDO aims to address energy and global environmental problems and raise the level of industrial technology through integrated management of technological development. This ranges from the discovery of technology seeds to the promotion of mid- to long-term projects and support for practical application.

* As only an outline of NEDO’s activities is given below, individual budget amounts do not add up to the total.

1.43 billion US dollars

Individual Operational Activities

(FY2019 tentative budget)

FY2019 Budget

NEDO promotes development of key future technologies (including technology demonstrations) which are difficult for private enterprises to develop on their own due to the high level of risk leading up to practical application. Instead of hiring its own researchers, NEDO coordinates and integrates the technological capabilities of private enterprises and research abilities of universities. These capabilities are then leveraged in national projects focused on technology development.

NEDO also promotes open innovation and provides support to small and medium-sized enterprises and venture businesses that are becoming new leaders in innovation, thereby discovering promising technology seeds and creating new industries.

*Budget amount is calculated at a rate of 110 yen per US dollar.

Energy Systems (500 million US dollars)

Energy Conservation and Environment (390 million US dollars)

Industrial Technology (417 million US dollars)

New Industry Creation and Discovery of Technology Seeds (56.3 million US dollars)

Areas of focus● System provision technology● Energy storage technology such as batteries● Technology related to hydrogen production, storage, transport, and

use● Renewable energy technology

Areas of focus● Technology to harness unutilized thermal energy● Environmentally-friendly steel manufacturing technology● Development of high-efficiency coal-fired power generation

technology ● Technology related to sequestration of CO2

● Fluorocarbon recovery technology● 3R technology, including resource screening and metal refining

technology● International demonstrations, Joint Crediting Mechanism activities,

and others

Areas of focus● Robot and AI technology● IoT, electronics, and information technology● Manufacturing technology● Materials and nanotechnology● Biotechnology

Areas of focus● Fostering technology-based startups● Promotion of open innovation

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FY 2019 Project List

Project name Period (FY) Department

Energy SystemsNext-Generat ion Offshore HVDC System Research and Development Project 2015 - 2019 Smart Community

DepartmentNext-Generation Power Network Stabilization Technology Development for Large-Scale Integration of Renewable Energies 2019 - 2023 Smart Community

DepartmentDevelopment of High-Performance and Reliable PV Modules to Reduce Levelized Cost of Energy 2015 - 2019 New Energy Technology

DepartmentResearch and Development o f Wind Power Generat ion Technologies 2008 - 2022 New Energy Technology

Department

Project for Supporting the Introduction of Wind Power Generation 2013 2022 New Energy Technology Department

Demonstration of Ocean Energy Power Generation 2018 - 2020 New Energy Technology Department

Research and Development of Geothermal Energy Generation Technologies 2013 - 2020 New Energy Technology

DepartmentResearch and Development of Supercri t ical Geothermal Resources 2018 - 2020 New Energy Technology

Department

Research and Development of Biomass Energy Technologies 2004 - 2019 New Energy Technology Department

Development of Production Technologies for Biojet Fuels 2017 - 2020 New Energy Technology Department

Demonstration Project for Independent Regional Biomass Energy Systems 2014 - 2020 New Energy Technology

DepartmentResearch and Development for Total Cost Reduction of Heat Utilization as Renewable Energy 2019 - 2023 New Energy Technology

DepartmentDevelopment Project on Technologies for Reliable Photovoltaic Power Generation System 2019 - 2019 New Energy Technology

DepartmentDevelopment of Material Evaluation Techniques for Advanced and Innovative Batteries (Phase 2) 2018 - 2022 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen

Technology DepartmentResearch and Development Initiative for Scientific Innovation of New Generation Batteries 2 2016 - 2020 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen

Technology Department

Development of Advanced PEFC Utilization Technologies 2015 - 2019 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen Technology Department

Development of Technologies to Promote Practical Application of SOFCs 2013 - 2019 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen


Advancement of Hydrogen Technologies and Utilization Project 2014 - 2022 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen Technology Department

Development of Technologies for Realizing a Hydrogen Society 2014 - 2020 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen Technology Department

Development of Technologies for Hydrogen Refueling Stations 2018 - 2022 Advanced Battery and Hydrogen Technology Department

NEDO Feasibility Study Program 2014 2023 Innovation Promotion Department

International Demonstration Project on Japan’s Energy Efficiency Technologies 1993 - 2020 International Affairs

DepartmentProgram to Facilitate Private-Sector-Led Promotion of Low Carbon Technology Overseas 2011 - 2022 International Affairs

Department

Research for Strategy Formulation 2000 - Technology Strategy Center

Moonshot Research and Development 2018 -

EnergyConservation/EnvironmentResearch and Development Project on Innovative Thermal Management Materials and Technologies 2015 - 2022 Energy Conservation

Technology DepartmentProject to Promote Commercialization of High-Temperature Superconductivity Technology 2016 - 2020 Energy Conservation

Technology DepartmentDevelopment of Technologies for Next-Generation Thermal Power Generation 2016 - 2022 Environment Department

Development of Clean Coal Technologies 2016 - 2019 Environment Department

Research and Development of Recycling Technologies for Establishing a High Efficiency Resource Circulation System 2017 - 2022 Environment Department

Development of Technology and Assessment Techniques for Next-Generation Refrigerants with a Low GWP Value 2018 - 2022 Environment Department

Research, Development and Demonstration of CCS Technology 2018 - 2022 Environment Department

Development of Environmental Technology for Steelmaking Process 2013 - 2022 Environment Department, Energy

Conservation Technology DepartmentSt rategic Innovat ion Program for Energy Conservat ion Technologies 2012 - 2021 Energy Conservation


NEDO Feasibility Study Program 2014 - 2023 Innovation Promotion Department

Demonstration Project for Introducing an Energy-Saving Resource Circulation System in Asia 2016 - 2020 Environment Department

Project for International Promotion and Dissemination of Advanced Thermal Power Generation Technologies 2017 - 2021 Environment Department


DepartmentProgram to Facilitate Private-Sector-Led Promotion of Low Carbon Technology Overseas 2011 - 2022 International Affairs

Department



Project name Period (FY) Department

IndustrialTechnologyTechnology Development Project for Robot Commercialization Applications 2015 - 2019 Robot and Artificial Intelligence

Technology DepartmentDevelopment of Core Technologies for Next-Generation AI and Robotics 2015 - 2023 Robot and Artificial Intelligence

Technology DepartmentDevelopment of Integrated Core Technologies for Next-Generation AI and Robots 2018 - 2023 Robot and Artificial Intelligence

Technology DepartmentRealization of a Smart Society by Applying Artificial Intelligence Technologies 2018 - 2022 Robot and Artificial Intelligence


Project for an Energy Saving Society Using Robots and Drones 2017 - 2021 Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department

Research and Development of Advanced Aircraft Systems for Practical Application 2015 - 2023 Robot and Artificial Intelligence

Technology DepartmentCross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Automated Driving for Universal Services 2018 - 2022 Robot and Artificial Intelligence

Technology DepartmentCross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Big Data and AI-Enabled Cyberspace Technologies 2018 - 2022 Robot and Artificial Intelligence

Technology DepartmentNovel Semiconductor Power Electronics Project for a Low Carbon Emission Society 2009 - 2019 Internet of Things

Promotion DepartmentDevelopment of Technologies for Super Energy-Efficient Optical Electronics Implementation Systems 2013 - 2021 Internet of Things

Promotion DepartmentProject for Innovative AI Chip and Next-Generation Computing Technology Development 2016 - 2027 Internet of Things

Promotion Department

Project for Accelerating Innovative AI Chip Development 2018 - 2022 Internet of Things Promotion Department, Innovation Promotion Department

Development of Advanced Laser Processing with Intelligence Based on High-Brightness and High-Efficiency Next-Generation Laser Technologies (TACMI Project)

2016 - 2020 Internet of Things Promotion Department

Cross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure 2015 - 2019 Internet of Things

Promotion DepartmentDevelopment Project on Data Sharing in Collaborative Areas and AI System to Achieve the “Connected Industries” 2019 - 2021 Internet of Things

Promotion DepartmentBasic Technology Development Project for Metal Additive Manufacturing Parts 2019 - 2023 Internet of Things

Promotion DepartmentCross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Intelligent Knowledge Processing Infrastructure Integrating Physical and Virtual Domains

2018 - 2022 Internet of Things Promotion Department

Cross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Cyber Physical Security for IoT Society 2018 - 2022 Internet of Things

Promotion Department

Research and Development of Innovative Structural Materials 2014 - 2022 Materials Technology and Nanotechnology Department

Development of Technologies for Next-Generation Structure Component Creation and Processing 2015 - 2019 Materials Technology and

Nanotechnology Department

Development of Magnetic Materials for High-Efficiency Motors 2014 - 2021 Materials Technology and Nanotechnology Department

Ultra High-Throughput Design and Prototyping Technology for Ultra Advanced Materials Development 2016 - 2021 Materials Technology and

Nanotechnology DepartmentIntegrated Measurement and Analysis System Accelerating Development of Energy-Efficient Products 2018 - 2022 Materials Technology and

Nanotechnology DepartmentDevelopment of Technologies for Manufacturing Processes of Chemicals Derived from Inedible Plants 2013 - 2019 Materials Technology and


Artificial Photosynthesis Project 2014 - 2021 Materials Technology and Nanotechnology Department

Development of Innovative Catalytic Processes for Organosilicon Functional Materials 2014 - 2021 Materials Technology and

Nanotechnology DepartmentDevelopment of Production Techniques for Highly Functional Biomaterials Using Plant and Other Organism Smart Cells 2016 - 2020 Materials Technology and

Nanotechnology DepartmentDevelopment of Sensing Technology for Detecting Extremely Weak Signals to Realize an IoT Society 2019 - 2023 Materials Technology and

Nanotechnology DepartmentDevelopment of Continuous Production and Process Technologies of Fine Chemicals 2019 - 2025 Materials Technology and



International Research and Development Co-Funding Project 2014 - 2020 International Affairs Department


Department


Moonshot Research and Development -

New Industry Creation and Seed DiscoveryDevelopment Promotion Project for Practical Use of Welfare Equipment 1993 - Innovation Promotion

DepartmentResearch and Development on New Energy Technology for Discovering Technology Seeds and Commercializing Developed Technologies

2007 - Innovation Promotion Department

Technology-Based Startup Support Program 2014 - 2019 Innovation Promotion Department

Program to Support Ventures for Developing Space Components 2018 - 2021 Innovation Promotion

Department


Fundamental Technology Research Facilitation Program 2001 - Innovation Promotion Department


National Projects Specified Proposal-Based Research and Development

Proposal-Based Activities Demonstration Projects

Survey Activities

International Demonstration and Joint Projects Other Projects


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As technology development activities become increasingly competitive worldwide, NEDO actively collects information on various fields both inside and outside of Japan. Such information is then used to formulate technology strategies, set milestones, and develop project plans.

NEDO sets goals for technology development by studying domestic and international technology trends and consulting with experts. It aims to use innovation to drive economic growth and solve societal problems. Projects are planned by looking five, ten, and twenty years into the future.

Start

NEDO projects make it possible!

Mid- to long-term initiativesTechnological development coordinated with standardizationCross-industrial cooperationFull-scale demonstrationInternational cooperation

1 to 2 Years Later


Mid- to long-term problem solving and capitalizing on Japan’s strengths

Managing Technological Development to Utilize Results in Society

Collecting information and formulating strategies for each field

NEDO support draws on a wealth of knowledge

Developing technology to support progress in fields with a promising future

Project planning

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Partnership agreements with foreign countries

NEDO enters into agreements with institutions in various countries and actively supports international development.

Taking a global approach through standardization activities and intellectual

property strategies

NEDO aims to establish international standards that will help promote practical application of developed technologies. It also provides support to research teams participating in projects for consensus building regarding intellectual property. This promotes practical application and global market acquisition.

Diverse human resource networks

NEDO organizes committees on project adoption, evaluation, technology, and other issues as needed by making use of its network of outside specialists and experts from industry and science.

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NEDO promotes technology development projects and large-scale demonstration projects that are difficult for private sector companies to carry out on their own. It aims to make the most of its results. To do so, it focuses on authentication and systems for society to use, while anticipating future developments from a global perspective.

After a project is completed, an evaluation is conducted by a third party and project results are thoroughly assessed. In addition, NEDO conducts follow-up monitoring of results to examine the economic and social effects of the project. Information collected during monitoring is also used to improve future project management.

2 to 6 Years Later 10 Years Later

In the energy and environment sector, NEDO hopes to help achieve an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It also promotes the discovery and development of revolutionary technology to solve mid- to long-term problems.In the industrial technology sector, NEDO aims to fuse technology with Japan’s strengths in manufacturing. It hopes to focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to build Society 5.0 and distill the wisdom of industry, academia, and government to deliver the world’s most advanced technology to society.

Technology development and demonstration testing

Project review and follow-up monitoring

NEDO’s Fourth Five-Year Plan covers the plans NEDO is executing from FY2018 to FY2022. The plan’s aim is to maximize the results of research and development. It strengthens management of technology development from strategy formulation to societal implementation and also promotes challenging research and development, accelerates open innovation, and fosters research and development-oriented ventures.

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NEDO supports social implementation based on authentication, evaluation, and systems

NEDO also considers establishing new authentication and evaluation methods, and revising systems to support technology development and social implementation in collaboration with related agencies. This allows unprecedented technologies and revolutionary results to be utilized by society.

NEDO holds press conferences and meetings to publicize and disseminate the results of technology development in an easy-to-understand form. It works hard to publicize results using a variety of approaches such as opening databases to the public.

Public relations for disseminating easy-to-understand information

N E D O s u p p o r t s a c t i v i t i e s t h a t lead to business so as to accelerate commercialization of research and development results. This includes using exhibitions inside and outside of Japan to cultivate new needs and provide users with product samples.

Promoting practical application through business matching


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It is important to foster novel and dynamic technology-based startups. These should help revitalize the economy, and lead the way in creating new industries and employment opportunities. Accordingly, NEDO is helping to build a venture ecosystem by providing seamless support for the discovery of technology seeds, acquiring private funding for high-risk/high-return investments, and providing commercialization support. In addition, NEDO aims to raise the level of technology-based startups by strengthening systems for collaboration between regional areas and public support institutions.

● Cultivating technology seeds and entrepreneurial candidates having business innovation ability● Supporting seed-stage technology-based startups in collaboration with venture capital● Supporting startups that carry out joint research with research institutes as a way to accelerate

collaboration● Supporting startups that carry out joint research with project companies as a way to accelerate

collaboration● Cultivating specialized human resources that can provide support for the growth of technology-

based startups

Providing support for commercialization of technology-based startups

2. Discovering new leaders in innovation and linking them to creation of new industries

Fostering Technology-Based Startups

TCP： Technology Commercialization Program NEP： NEDO Entrepreneurs Program STS： Seed-stage Technology-based Startups

CRI： Collaboration with Research Institute SCA： Startups in Corporate Alliance SSA： Startup Supporters Academy

Proj

ect s

cale

*PoC: Proof of Concept

Matching with investors and other

collaborators

Pitch contest

Commercialization study

Initial research and development

(support for obtaining PoC*)

Advice

CatalyzerProfessional mentors such as experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and other qualified

personnel

Support for drafting business

plan (TCP)

Technology-based startups support (NEP)

Raising outside capital/commer-

cialization support (STS

support)

Venture capital (VC)

Public research institutes,

universities, technical colleges

Linking to VC

Developing practical

applications

Joint research with research institutes

Support for collaboration with research institutes (CRI

support)

Stage/Time

Project companies

Technical collaboration

Provision of capitalPersonnel exchange

Joint research with project companies

Support for collaboration with project

companies (SCA support)

Practical on-the-job training

Group training

SSA : A program developing human resources with the skills and abilities necessary to support the growth of startups

Investment funding

andhands-on support

Providing technology

and know-how

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NEDO’s Technology Strategy Center takes the lead in continually ascertaining and analyzing the movement of social and market trends. It works to discover promising technologies in energy, environmental technology, and industrial technology both within Japan and abroad. It also works to narrow down the technological development Japan should undertake, formulate technology strategies, and plan projects based on them. It aims to incorporate multifaceted analysis in strategy formulation, and uses technology development projects to accelerate economic growth.

NEDO uses an approach it calls “allcasting” to formulate project themes. Allcasting is a combination of backcasting based on social needs and challenges, and forecasting based on current technological conditions and seeds.

Macroanalysis

Electronics, information, and machinery systems

Renewable energy Environment and green chemistry

Nanotechnology and materials

Standardization and intellectual property

Energy systems and hydrogen

New technology frontier and multi-disciplinary fields

Global technology research

Target fields

Technological fields

Cross-sector fields

3. Discovering emerging innovation and implementing it in society

Determining the Direction of Mid- to Long-Term Technology Development

Process leading to project theme formulation

Technology comparison with existing roadmaps

Identification of technology gaps untapped by past extrapolations

Backcasting

Identification of priority challenges

Social issues Social needs

Key cross-sectoral priority social challenges

Identification of social challengesSTEP 1

Japan’s position

Identification of targettechnology fields

STEP 3Refinement of target technology fields through analysisSTEP 6

STEP 2

Prioritization of target technology fields Project theme formulation

Forecasting (NEDO, universities, academic associations, and other organizations)

Contrastive analysis with forecasting roadmapSTEP 4

Project themes

Identification of technologydevelopment issues

STEP 5

Technology Players Market scale

Technology Time frame Numerical targets

Project theme extraction from

social needs

Project theme extraction from

technology seeds


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Energy Systems

NEDO Technology Development Fields

Storage batteries, hydrogen energy, smart communities, and system control

Example of all-solid lithium-ion batteries and other innovative storage batteriesDemonstration project on a large-scale hydrogen supply chain system Large-scale hybrid power storage system (Niedersachsen, Germany)

In the field of storage batteries, NEDO is carrying out research and development on all-solid lithium-ion batteries and other types of innovative batteries which surpass the performance of current lithium-ion batteries. In the field of hydrogen energy, it is working to improve the performance of fuel cells and minimize the costs of hydrogen refueling stations. It is also developing hydrogen-based electricity generation to meet broadly expanding demand for hydrogen. To support this effort, NEDO is developing large-scale hydrogen supply chains from overseas and energy system technology that uses renewable energy.

For widespread use of renewable energy, storage batteries, EVs, and other distributed energy resources, NEDO is aiming to construct an advanced system that can control the electric power supply and demand balance by utilizing resources not just on the supply side but also at demand side entities such as residential homes and commercial offices. NEDO is also conducting research and development projects on grid technology in order to realize such a scenario and is also conducting demonstration projects in various environments around the world in order to establish a new energy system from both technical and business viewpoints.

Energy system technology

With the aim of ensuring that renewables will be a sustainable power source, NEDO is working to reduce the cost of the following: power generation using PV, wind, ocean, and geothermal energy; use of biomass energy; and technology related to using renewable thermal energy. During FY2019, technology development will be carried out toward further cost reduction of systems

that use underground heat, solar, and other renewable thermal energies. Evaluations of technology to improve the reliability and safety of PV power generation systems and development of basic technologies for recycling PV panels will also be started. NEDO will steadily move forward with its technology development and demonstration activities for cost reduction with the view to promote greater use of renewable energy.

Renewable energy technologySolar power, wind power, ocean energy, biomass, geothermal, and utilization of heat as renewable energy

Barge-type floating offshore wind turbine system demonstrator

lithium-ion battery Container

Power conditioning system Container

NaS battery Container

Power grid information and battery system Container

Film-type perovskite solar cell module with world’s largest area of 703 cm2 (24.15 cm x 29.10 cm)

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Energy Conservation and Environment

NEDO promotes challenging research and development based on its technology development strategy to address various issues facing society. NEDO aims to lead the world in realizing innovation by shifting to new industrial systems, achieving a society that thoroughly conserves energy, and accelerating the adoption of renewable energy.

Innovative energy conservation technologies, unutilized thermal energy, high-efficiency thermal power generation, carbon capture, effective use and sequestration, and environmentally-friendly steel production processes

Demonstration facilities for oxygen-blown IGCC (Osaki CoolGen Project)Real-grid operation of high-temperature superconducting cables

Use of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas has a problem in that they emit more carbon dioxide (CO2) than other energy sources. NEDO is working to develop high-efficiency thermal power generation technology and steel production technology using hydrogen in order to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. By using these technologies together with CO2 capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies, further reductions in CO2 emissions are expected.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “Long-Term Energy Supply and Demand Outlook” requires extensive energy conservation that will reduce energy consumption to 50.3 million kiloliters of crude oil equivalent by 2030. NEDO is therefore conducting technology research and development to further enhance Japan’s energy conservation systems. This entails supporting research and development on innovative technologies including thermal management materials and technologies, high-temperature superconductivity, and others.

Energy conservation technologies

In the field of en vi ron-ment and re source con-ser va tion technology, NEDO aims to build an effective system for recycling metals through urban mining. In addition, NEDO hopes to accelerate the reuse of resources throughout the world.Hydro f luoro carbon (HFC) green house gas e mis sions are ex-pected to increase in the future. NEDO is com mit ted to reducing green house gas e mis-

sions by developing technologies that accelerate the transition away from refrigeration and air conditioning equipment that use HFC refrigerants to those that use refrigerants which do not contribute significantly to the greenhouse effect. In addition, NEDO is working to demonstrate Japan’s water treatment technologies and systems, such as energy-saving and low environmental impact water circulation systems and seawater desalination technology, overseas. NEDO is striving to strengthen the international competitiveness of Japan’s water-related industries.

Environment and resource conservation technology3R, fluorocarbon countermeasures, and water circulation

Showcases using non-fluorocarbon refrigerants

Environmentally-friendly waste oil recycling system demonstration plant (Indonesia)


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Industrial Technology

NEDO promotes development and demonstration of so phis-ti cat ed robots that can be used in a variety of social contexts, including infrastructure main-te nance, disaster response, man u fac tur ing, and services.Also, NEDO aims to achieve a level of artificial intelligence comparable to, or surpassing, humans. Targeting super-hu-man or human-comparable ar ti fi cial intelligence, NEDO will develop currently un re-al ized next-generation robot and artificial intelligence by bringing together global knowl edge from industry, ac a de mi a, and government into one research center. In addition, NEDO is working to realize practical application of logistics and mobility services that use automated driving technology.

World’s first flight test of an unmanned aerial vehicle avoiding a collision with a manned helicopter

Robot and AI technologyInfrastructure maintenance and disaster response robots, manufacturing robots, service robots, next-generation artificial intelligence (AI), and automated driving

Security robot capable of taking appropriate action in a human environment

In order to address so-cial challenges by using IoT, AI, and big data, NEDO is collecting re al-world data, pro-vid ing feedback on so ci e tal applications for data accumulation, a nal y sis, management and services, and con-ducting research and de vel op ment at all stages. In addition, NEDO promotes both hardware- and soft-ware-re lat ed aspects of relevant technologies,

from electronic devices that make low-power high-speed processing possible to cross-sectoral technology development that is fundamental to maintaining security at every level.NEDO is contributing to the real-world implementation of IoT by creating services that lead to solutions to social problems and to the creation of new businesses that do not rely on existing businesses. In addition to its own research and development, NEDO collaborates with project participants, laboratories, and businesses that use IoT.

World’s smallest optical transceiver (optical I/O core)

IoT, electronics, and information technologyInternet of Things (IoT), computing, memory, power semiconductors, printed electronics, and optoelectronics

Sheet-type sensor to monitor deterioration of infrastructure


Routine manual inspection

Continuous monitoring using IoT

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Industrial Technology

Prototype flame retardant Mg alloy partial body of a high-speed railway vehicle

Materials and nanotechnologyStructural materials, functional materials, motors, chemical production, and integrated measurement systems

Japan’s metals, plastics, ceramics, and other material industries boast a high level of technology worldwide. They are key industries sustaining the country’s entire manufacturing industry. Nanotechnology (technology to control material structures on the nanoscale of 10-9m) is being applied to material development in coordination with different industries and disciplines, both upstream and downstream. NEDO aims to strengthen Japan’s industrial technologies by creating innovative materials.

Structure of highly functional proteins through array design

BiotechnologyInedible biomass and smart cells

Recent innovations in biotechnology have made strengthening competitiveness in this field an urgent necessity for Japan. In preparation for the future depletion of oil reserves, NEDO is developing processes to manufacture plastics and other chemicals from inedible biomass. It is also working to develop technology to efficiently produce high-performance products using technologies that modify and control the metabolic systems of plants and microorganisms.

Concentrated blue light from blue diode laser

NEDO is developing new manufacturing systems which can greatly reduce energy consumption, such as a system for high-mix and low-volume manufacturing and a system for connecting to cyberspace. Specifically, NEDO is promoting the development of additive manufacturing (3D printing) technologies suitable for high value-added production and laser processing technologies based on high-brightness and high-efficiency lasers. By putting these technologies into practical use, NEDO is contributing to realization of Society 5.0.

Manufacturing technologyNext-generation laser processing and additive manufacturing


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JOIC activity NEDO dream pitch event at Fifth Innovation Leaders Summit

As international competition intensifies, it will be important to promote open innovation that utilizes outside technologies, ideas, and resources to lead the global market. It will also be vital to tie this effort to the creation of new products and business models. NEDO is strengthening its promotion of open innovation by organizing activities such as matching events that lead to the creation of joint research and technology alliances between NEDO project participants and outside businesses, universities, and other organizations. In addition, the Japan Open Innovation Council (JOIC), for which NEDO serves as the secretariat, investigates and shares success stories from within Japan and abroad. JOIC holds events such as pitch contests with the aim of further deepening and expanding open innovation by businesses and other relevant entities.

New Industry Creation and Discovery of Technology Seeds

Example of practical application: High-efficiency wind lens turbines Example of development by technology-based startups: smart lock robot

NEDO provides small and medium-sized enterprises and venture businesses with support at various phases. Such support is in line with government strategies such as the “Strategy for Investment in the Future” which acknowledge the importance of venture support. It ranges from support for technology seeds to practical application by businesses. As in the past, NEDO offers support for practical application in renewable energy and welfare equipment fields. At the same time, NEDO is building a cross-sectoral system to support entrepreneurs and startups, and offers support in collaboration with intermediary research institutions. It has also built systems that allow experts to provide advice on topics such as venture capital financing, legal issues, accounting, and intellectual property as they relate to commercialization. In addition to support for the efforts of small and medium-sized enterprises and venture businesses in technology development, the objectives of NEDO’s programs and systems are to improve business plans and expand business domains, thereby facilitating the commercialization of technology seeds.


Commercialization support for small and medium-sized enterprises and venture businesses

Encouraging open innovation

Carrying out seamless support from discovery of technology seeds and entrepreneurs to development of practical applications

Matching support, Japan Open Innovation Council

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Impact of NEDO project results

Follow-up monitoring after NEDO projects are completed

NEDO Inside Products

NEDO Project Success Stories

“NEDO Inside Products” are products and processes that use the results of NEDO projects as core technologies and have been found to have a considerable socio-economic impact. A total of 117 products had been selected as of FY2018. To clarify the medium- and long-term effects of these products, NEDO calculates their sales (both actual and forecasted), CO2 emissions reductions, and primary energy consumption reductions.

NEDO conducts follow-up monitoring to ascertain how technology developed through a project has been utilized in products and services and how project results have been disseminated throughout society. NEDO then interviews businesses and developers about the products and services it has discovered and shares this information through NEDO Project Success Stories.

• The premise for estimates is actual sales performance and forecasted sales results. Only parts (e.g., materials, components, and products) involved in NEDO projects are included. Sales and other factors along the value chain are not included. Target sales are assumed to be 100% NEDO’s contribution.

• Expenditures on NEDO Inside Products and sales performance are adjusted by GDP deflation to the base year (FY2017). Sales forecasts are cumulative amounts for the 10 years from FY2018 through FY2027 (discount rate of 0%).

• NEDO estimates this with reference to the yearly utilization rate and service life based on applicable products when NEDO Inside Products are introduced.

For details, please visit NEDO’s website.

* Core technologies refer to technologies at the research and development stage that a NEDO project took the opportunity to commercialize, and without which new products or processes would not have resulted.

Sales forecast(From now over the next 10 years)

446(FY2027)

81.79(FY2027)

6.75Expenditures on NEDO Inside Products

Approximately 6.60 billion US dollars(FY2030 Target)

Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures329.08 million tCO2/year

(FY2030 Target)Long-Term Energy Supply-Demand Outlook 50.30 million (kL/year of crude oil equivalent)

Economic Effect Environmental Impact and Energy-Saving Effect

NEDO Project Practical Application Case Studies

Economic Effect

Cumulative salesafter release to FY2017

555117 products

Environmental Impact

CO2 emissions reduction(FY2017)

50.0033 products

Energy-Saving Effect

Primary energy savings(FY2017)

3.0019 products

billion US dollars

million tCO2/year

million kL/year of crude oil equivalent

billion US dollars

million tCO2/year

million kL/year of crude oil equivalent

For the full story about individual projects, please visit the NEDO website.

https://www.nedo.go.jp/hyoukabu/


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Europe

AmericasAsiaMiddleEast /Africa

Activities Around the WorldNEDO plays a leading role by carrying out inter na tion-al demonstration projects and introducing stand-a-lone technologies as well as systems that integrate var i ous tech nol o gies. NEDO aims to introduce ad vanced Jap a nese tech-nol o gies to countries and regions around the world having diverse needs and infrastructures.

Introducing Japanese technologies to the world

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PortugalAutomated Demand Response Demon-stration

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UzbekistanDemonstration Project for a High-Efficien-cy Cogeneration System Using Distribut-ed Small to Medium-Sized Gas Turbines

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SloveniaSmart Grid and Smart Community System Coordinated Research and Demonstration Action

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PolandDemonstration Project for Applying Special Protection Scheme

Deep Ultraviolet Pulsed Fiber Laser Development for Semiconductor Inspec-tion Systems

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Aperiodically Poled Crystals for Realtime Dual-Comb Spectroscopy in the Life Sciences (ACROSS)

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Development of a Stent Graft with a 3D Printed Shape Memory Polymer Stent Structure

Development of Production Data Interpre-tation by Artificial Intelligence for Quality Assessment of Tape-Production and CFRTP-Pipes Made by ATL-Process

Development of a High Strength Ceramic Composite Carrier Structure for Space Application

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GermanyDemonstration Project for Large-Scale Hybrid Power Storage System in Niedersachsen

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UkraineDemonstration Project for Efficiency Improvement of a Steam Turbine

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RussiaDemonstration Project to Develop Infrastructure, Including Wind Power Systems, in the Sakha Republic

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France

Saudi ArabiaDemonstration Project for Energy Saving Seawater RO System

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QatarModel Project for an Advanced Seawater Desalination System Applying Heated Dis-charge Water

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IsraelNext-Generation Mobile Communication System for Public Safety and Private Net-work

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South AfricaDemonstration Project for Energy Saving Environmental Friendly Desalination Tech-nology

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Middle East and Africa

IndiaModel Project for a Microgrid System Us-ing Large-Scale PV Power Generation and Related Technology

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Demonstration Project for Optimal Control Technology on Energy Center for Steel Plants

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Demonstration Project for ICT Based Green Hospital at AIIMS in Delhi

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South Asia

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Europe

AmericasAsiaMiddleEast /Africa

● International Demonstration Projects on Japan’s Energy Efficiency Technologies (20 projects)

● International Research and Development Co-Funding Projects (6 projects)● Project for International Promotion and Dissemination of Advanced

Thermal Power Generation Technologies (1 project)

Carrying out27 projects

around the world(As of April 1, 2019)

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USADemonstration Project for Electric Vehicle Driving Behavior in California

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Demonstration Project for Validation of Redox Flow Battery Performance in Cali-fornia

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ChinaDemonstration Project for an Energy Man-agement System Applicable to Aggrega-tion of Power Supply and Demand Adjust-ment in Guangdong

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MongoliaDemonstration Project for a Dry Coal Preparation Technology System

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Northeast Asia

AmericasIndonesiaDemonstration Project for the Spread of Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles and Refueling Infrastructure, Including Sup-port of Development of Sustainable Envi-ronment

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Demonstration Project to Increase Energy Efficiency Through Utilization of Electric Vehicle and Mobile Battery Sharing

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ThailandDemonstration Project for an Energy-Sav-ing Cellulosic Sugar Production System Using Bagasse

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MalaysiaInternational Demonstration Project for In-troducing Electric Vehicle Buses with Fast-Charging System

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