Missions of Expert Divisions

Extract issues to address as and industry and review the countermeasures or solutions, such as institutional/political and technological issues surrounding wind power generation and problems relevant to location environments.

Policy Division

Main missions are as follows:

• Collect and maintain standards and institutional information
• Collect and maintain technological information
• Investigation and research＆ development
• Review issues and plan countermeasures
• Provide information to members relating to the social environment (authorization, etc.) and the business environment (price, etc.)

Environment Division

The main missions are as follows:

• Collect and maintain standards and institutional information
• Collect and maintain technological information
• Investigation and research＆ development
• Review issues and plan countermeasures
• Provide information to members relating to the local environment (meteorological/hydrographic phenomena, etc.) and the natural environment (noise, landscape, etc.)

Technology Division

The main missions are as follows:

• Collect and maintain standards and institutional information）
• Collect and maintain technological information
• Investigation and research＆ development
• Review issues and plan countermeasures

Provide information to members relating to the following:

• Wind turbines (mechanical system, offshore, etc.)
• Wind turbine components
• Transportation and civil engineering and construction
• Maintenance

System Division

The main missions are as follows:

• Collect and maintain standards and institutional information
• Collect and maintain technological information
• Investigation and research＆ development
• Review issues and plan countermeasures

Provide information to members relating to the following:

• Wind turbines (electric/control system)
• Electric/control components
• Grid-connected facilities and grid connection conditions
• Grid-stabilization (including weather prediction)

International Division

The main missions are as follows:

• Transmission of information from Japan
• Collect and maintain standards and institutional information
• Collect and maintain technological information
• Collect and maintain installation results and plans
• Review issues and plan countermeasures

Provide information to members relating to the following:

• Overseas wind power organizations
• Overseas countries
• Overseas wind turbine and related device manufacturers