Annual Meeting

This concurrent session was held to discuss about cooperation between developing and developed countries. A variety of topics were presented by the chair and amongst speakers.   There was an issue of current mechanisms that has been evoked to promote technology transfer were not effectively working. Suggestion for establishing new mechanisms and alternative options for technology transfer w...

There were discussions about the appropriateness of public subsidy for deployment of new technologies. . Panel members analyzed the tendency of rent seeking behavior and the possibility of locking in immature technologies in the wind power sector of the European countries with feed-in-tariff system. It was recommended that deployment subsidies be subject to a sun-set rule in order to discourage re...

Following the presentations, a panel discussion among the speakers was held, focusing on three questions. In response to the first question on how the smart community can contribute to climate change issues, one speaker stressed that the key to smart community impact on carbon reduction is through changing the behavior of the consumer. Another speaker highlighted the fact that the legacy grid must...

There were presentations held on the topics of present status of energy efficiency and conservation policies in Japan, intelligent air conditioners, energy efficiency in buildings, customer engagement for energy conservation, and influence of human behavior on energy consumption.   Energy conservation potential in the demand site is not fully tapped yet, and thus it was right direction to ...

There were presentations held on the topics of next-generation vehicle infrastructure development, fuel cell vehicles, securing fuel for next-generation vehicles, and sustainable smart mobility.   After the presentations discussions were held on a number of topics, including next-generation vehicles’ role in combatting global warming, efficiency of vehicles, and innovation in the tran...

There were presentations held on the topics of global trend of geothermal development, Enhanced (Engineered) Geothermal System (EGS), and situations of geothermal utilization in Iceland and Japan.   After the presentations, discussions were held on a number of topics, including future of geothermal technologies, sustainable operation of conventional geothermal systems and measures to promot...

There were presentations held on the topics of issues and challenges faced in solar power industry, technology improvements and future forecasts, and possible ways to effectively utilize solar energy.   After the presentations, discussions were held on a number of topics, including ways to consider cost for solar energy, political and social issues regarding solar power, and ways to deal wi...

This session focused on strategies and policies to facilitate and disseminate the transformational innovations necessary to address the global climate change challenge.     Overview The planet is becoming increasingly warmer and greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution the world has emitted two trillion tons of carbon dioxide. To...

As the opening session of ICEF 2014, a discussion was held on the importance of innovation in order to lower greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate global warming. Presentations were held by the renowned panelists on topics such as: the use of old technologies in innovation, technological innovation for global warming, the government’s and the private companies’ role in innovation, and ...