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OBANE, Hideaki, PhD in Engineering
Senior Economist, Energy and Economic Analysis Group (EEA), Energy Data and Modelling
Center (EDMC)
Specialty:Energy modeling, Spatial analysis
| 2021 | Ph.D, Engineerging, University of Tsukuba |
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| 2012 | M.A, Engineerging, University of Tsukuba |
| 2010 | B.A, Engineerging, University of Tsukuba |
| 2021-present | Economist, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan |
| 2017-2021 | Visiting researcher, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry |
| 2011-2017 | Solar energy engineer, Mitsubishi Electric Corportaion |
| 2019-present | University of Tokyo, Part-time Lecturer |
Research papers
<Reviewed Journal Papers>
- H.Obane, Y.Nagai, K.Asano, Assessing the potential areas for developing offshore wind energy in Japanese territorial waters considering national zoning and possible social conflicts, Marine Policy, Vol 129, 2021
- H.Obane, Y.Nagai, K.Asano, Assessing land use and potential conflict in solar and onshore wind energy in Japan, Renewable Energy, Vol160, pp842-851,2020
- H.Obane, K.Okajima, Extracting issues significant to valuing electricity from small photovoltaic systems using quantitative content analysis, Electricity Journal, Vol32(10), 2019
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H.Obane,
Forecasting photovoitaic and wind energy capical costs in Japan : A Bayesian approach.
Energy Proceedia, Vol(158), pp3576-3582, 2019 - H.Obane, K.Okajima, T.Oozeki, T.Ishii, PV system with reconnection to improve output under nonuniform illumination, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol2(3), pp341-347, 2012
Presentation
- H. Obane, T.Otsuki, Y.Matsuo, Consistency between carbon neutrality and spatial issue of renewable energy, 43rd IAEE, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Tokyo, Jun 31 – Aug 4, 2022.
- H.Obane, N.Gericke, L.Nawothnig, F.Bunge, P.Hennicke, Key strategies towards Decarbonization of Energy Use and Supply in Japan and Germany: Insights from a Comparison Study on Long-term Scenario Analyses up to 2050, Study for the GJETC
- H.Obane, K.Okajima, T.Oozeki, T.Yamada, T.Ishii, Minimizing Mismatch Loss in BIPV by Reconnection, 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, July 19 -24, 2011.
Patent
- T. Ishii, T.Oozeki, T.Yamada, H.Obane, K.Okajima, Computation device which optimizes solar power generation, method which optimizes solar power generation, solar power generation system, and solar power generation simulation system, EP20120827152, 2015
- H.Obane, Solar cell module and solar cell module manufacturing method, US 20180062574 A1, 2018
Awards
- Best paper award, The Japan Institute of Energy, 2022
- Chairperson Award, University of Tsukuba, 2012
- Incentive award, Japan Solar Energy Society, 2011
Contact
hideaki.obane@edmc.ieej.or.jp