Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) was founded in 1951 to serve as a joint research institute for the electric power industry to contribute to the industry and society through scientific and technological research. Since then, for more than seven decades, we have contributed to the electric power industry from the aspect of R&D which is the pillar of the development of Japanese economy and society.

Japanese energy policy has aimed to simultaneously achieve S+3E (Safety, Energy security, Environment, and Economic efficiency), and in recent years, the movements toward the decarbonization of energy has accelerated towards carbon neutrality in 2050, while importance of energy security has been reaffirmed under the muddling global circumstances. Digitalization with broad applications of artificial intelligence is yet another driver of rapid changes to our society. The key to overcoming these more complex issues in our era of changes is to integrate diverse knowledge and wisdom.

We are challenging to resolve medium- and long-term issues through cross-disciplinary research by a wide range of experts from natural sciences and engineering to social sciences, with research collaboration with institutions concerned in Japan and abroad. Inheriting the philosophy of CRIEPI’s founder, Yasuzaemon Matsunaga; "Industrial research tempers wisdom, and thereby contribute to society”, we work sincerely to investigate the principles of things, always keep perspectives of the electric power industry and the society beyond, and produce research results and solutions which effectively lead to social implementation.

Yoshiro Hiraiwa
President, CRIEPI