Information seminar on Solar Energy
Organised by the Delegation of the European Union to Japan
Tuesday, 11 July
16:00-18:00 JST (9:00-11:00 Brussels time)
Delegation of the European Union to Japan, Tokyo / online (Microsoft Teams)
English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
Concept note
The main objective of the event is to present policy developments and concrete
actions related to the development of Solar Energy technologies in EU and Japan,
and their deployment, including to de-risk EU, Japan solar supply chains.
In particular, in the EU new forms of Solar Energy deployment are being carriedout in the context of the development of the multifunctional integrated
photovoltaics. The Solar EU Strategy precisely mentions these forms ofdeployment to be developed in the EU in the near future and there are alreadysome very promising projects being carried out in this domain.
In Japan, METI has established the “Green Innovation Fund” toward the goal ofachieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The Fund supports the practical applicationof promising next-generation photovoltaic technologies such as perovskite solar
cells since 2021. G7 Ministers Communique also mentioned the promotion ofimprovement in perovskite solar cells.
The event will be an opportunity to confirm the existing top priority policy andthematic areas for collaboration between both sides, to identify new ones, aswells as to reflect on the possible modalities of joint activities.
Following the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement, the EU-Japan Green
Alliance, and the preparations to the forthcoming EU-Japan Summit in Brussels
in mid-July, the event will give a visibility to the common objective for EU andJapan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the important role of developing
renewable energy technologies in achieving this goal, and the essential role ofthe successful deployment of these technologies. The event will highlightexamples of successful actions, and will be an opportunity to reflect on possible
complementarities and synergies between the two sides.

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Agenda16:00-16:10

Welcome remarks- H.E. Mr Jean-Eric PAQUET, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan- Mr. Hiro Inoue, Director-General, Energy Conservation and Renewable
Energy Department, ANRE, METI

16:10-16:55

Keynote addresses- Mr. Kazutaka Anzai, Deputy Director, New and Renewable Energy Division,Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), METI
- Mr Lukasz Kolinski, Head the Renewables and Energy System Integration
Policy Unit, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission- Ms Hélène Chraye, Head of the Clean Energy Transition Unit, DirectorateGeneral for Research and Innovation, European Commission: “EU energy
policy developments”

16:55-17:05

Q&A

17:05-17:40

Testimonies of Solar Energy related actions / projects in EU and Japan---Dr Jose M. Vega de Seoane, Senior Researcher / Energy, Climate and UrbanTransition, Tecnalia (Spain), testimony of the BIPVBOOST project underHorizon 2020
Mr. Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Director, Solar Energy Systems, New Energy
Technology Dept. New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization (NEDO), JapanDr David Moser, Research Group Leader, Institute for Renewable Energy Eurac Research (Italy), testimony of the SYMBIOSYST project underHorizon Europe

17:40-17:50

Q&A

17:50-18:00

Closing remarks- METI/ANRE (tbc)- Ms Hélène Chraye, Head of the Clean Energy Transition Unit, DirectorateGeneral for Research and Innovation, European Commission: “EU energy
policy developments”

For inquiries, please contact:
Tom Kuczynski - +81 (0) 3-5422-6058 - Tom.Kuczynski@eeas.europa.eu