Systematization of Energy Study and Policy for Future R & D

从1987年到1993年，“能源高效转换与利用”的优先领域研究，进行了多学科交叉的研究，在材料、转换技术、利用技术以及社会经济和系统方面积累了各种新的发现和成果。然而，在完成该项目后，我们注意到能源的供应和利用仍有许多复杂的难题没有解决，因此，我们于1994年启动了本项目，旨在获得未来能源研究的坚实理念，并组织研究和高等教育。本项目的主要成果概括如下.迄今为止获得的各种知识和观点已经从社会经济和自然（光，热，电，材料，生物等）重新排列。科学的观点，以及能源供应、转换利用和系统工程的观点。最后，对未来的研究和发展项目进行了展望，如城市化地区能源的全面有效利用.学术界、工业界和政府机构之间进行有效的联合研究的必要性已得到强烈承认，学术界的建议和意见应得到认真对待，以确保联合项目的合理性。这种观点预计将得到实施，例如，JSPS的RFTF项目。成立能源科学研究生院是人们强烈希望的。在本项目许多成员的真诚努力下，1996年在京都大学成立了一个新的毕业生。学校涵盖工程与自然，社会经济和环境科学的跨学科领域。它还强调国内/国际合作活动和工业专家/公众公民的教育。

From 1987 to 1993, the Research on Priority Area "Energy Conversion and Utilization with High Effciency" had been excecuted by a multidisciplinary research term, and various new findings and results had been accumulated over the fields of material, conversion technology, utilization technology, and also the socio- economic and systems aspects. However, after finishing the project, we had noticed that still many complex difficulties had been left unsolved supply and utilization of energy.Thus we had strated, in 1994, the present project aiming at acquiring solid idea of future energy research, and organization for research and higher education. The keynote result the project are summarized as follows.1. Various knowings and perspectives obtained so far have been rearranged from socio-economic and natural (light, heat, electricity, material, living things etc.) scientific viewpoints, and also energy supply, conversion utilization and system engineering viewpoints. Then, a view over the future research and development projects has been acquired such as totally effecient utilization of energy in urbanized areas.2. Neccessity of effcient joint research efforts among academic, industrial and governmental bodies has been strongly recognized, and proposals and suggestions from the academia should be taken serious for soundness in joint projects. Such a view is expected to be implemented, e.g., in RFTF projects by JSPS.3. Founding of a graduate school of energy science, had been strongly desired. By the sincere efforts of many of the members of the present project, a new graduate is founded in kyoto University in 1996. The school covers interdisciplinary areas of engineering coupled with natural, socio-economic and environmental sciences. It also stresses the domestic/international collaborative activities and education of industrial experts/public citizens.