renewable-ei.org

Basic Website Info

renewable-ei.org is the official website of the Renewable Energy Institute, the Japan Public Interest Foundation Natural Energy Foundation. The organization was initiated by Masayoshi Son and founded in 2011, with the core mission of driving Japan's transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and building a decarbonized society based on renewable energy. The website mainly shares the organization's research outcomes with domestic Japanese industry practitioners and researchers, and provides free industry research, policy proposals, and event updates.

Core Content & Services

The website's core content centers on the renewable energy sector:

• It covers research on mainstream renewable energy technologies including solar and wind power, spanning niche segments such as agrivoltaics and photovoltaic recycling
• It compiles updates on international standards including SBTi and RE100 for corporate decarbonization, and publishes case studies on corporate power purchase agreements (PPA)
• It releases real-time statistics on Japan's electricity supply and demand, and produces podcasts focused on the energy transition topic
• It regularly hosts online and offline seminars and industry events, and has built a cooperation network for corporate renewable energy users to drive industry collaboration

All research reports are available for free, and the organization's annual business reports are also fully published, with high transparency.

Pros, Cons & Target Audience

Pros: The website produces content backed by a professional research team, covers the full scope of Japan's energy transition, its outcomes have high industry reference value, and all resources are freely available with standardized information disclosure.
Cons: The entire site only supports Japanese, creating a high barrier for Chinese users; all content is focused on Japan's domestic market, so it has limited general applicability.

This website is a useful reference for energy industry researchers, decarbonization policy analysts, practitioners focused on Japan's energy transition, and workers in the energy public welfare sector.

Accessibility from China

This website is currently directly and normally accessible from the Chinese internet, no VPN/proxy is required. However, it does not offer a Chinese interface, so users need to have Japanese reading ability to use it.