Vol.51 No.4 (Serial No.288) 2025

  • Prefatory note : Creating Enriched Living Spaces and Advancing Carbon Neutrality / Rihito SATO
  • Featured article I : Eyes from Abroad
    • On the special edition ‘Eyes from Abroad’ / Yo YASUDA
    • International perspective of solar PV development and Japan / Rena KUWAHATA
    • Global Renewable Energy Trends ./ Asami MIKETA
    • Learning from Germany’s Energiewende:Challenges and Prospects of Policy Reform and Market Design / Kensuke NISHIMURA
    • Decarbonisation and Renewable Policies in the United Kingdom and suggestions to Japan / Yo YASUDA
    • Foundations for Zero Carbon Buildings : Practical Strategies for Solar Energy Integration and CO₂ Emissions Reduction / Sayo OKADA
  • Featured article Ⅱ: The current status and future direction of BIPV
    • The purpose of the BIPV feature article (Building Integrated Photovoltaics)/ Hisashi ISHII
    • On the Development of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) at NEDO / Atsuyuki SUZUKI
    • Current Status and Future Prospects of Wall-mounted BIPV / Akira TERAKAWA
    • An Estimation Method Considering Incident Angle Dependency in Vertically Mounted Photovoltaic Systems and Future Challenges of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics / Takashi OOZEKI
    • Current Status and Issues and Solutions for Its Introduction of BIPV Initiative to drive the growth of BIPV market / Akihiko NAKAJIMA
  • Research paper
    • Technical Evaluation of Hydrogen Production from Modeled Ethanol Fermentation Liquid using Ni-based Industrial Catalyst / Masaki TAJIMA, Ryouya ASANO, Ryouto TANAKA, Yuto TAKATANI, Yusuke YANO
    • Evaluation of energy storage performance and economic efficiency on the battery energy storage system based on differences in battery degradation models and control methods / Yuki OGAWA, Yuya KIMURA, Hironobu MATSUO
    • generation performance of a photovoltaic module with triangular-pyramid-shaped concentrator / Masahiro KONO,Atsushi AKISAWA
  • Information of the 15th General meeting of JSES
    • 2024 Activities and Financial report/Activities and Budget Plan for 2025
  • Special Lecture of General meeting of JSES
    • Current status and prospects of agricultural solar power systems from the perspective of crop production physiology / Akira HORIBATA
    • Outlook of Wind Energy Utilization Based on the Seventh Basic Energy Plan / Shigeo YOSHIDA
  • Introduction of a Laboratory
    • Architectural Environment Engineering Laboratory Department of Architecture, School of Science & Technology / Meiji University
  • My memoirs of the Sunshine Project : Solar Thermal Energy R&D Including the Sunshine Project at the Former National Industrial Reaearch Institute, Nagoya , predecessor of AIST Chubu Centre / Sakae TANEMURA
  • Monologue from Board Members : Prospects for decarbonization and 100% renewable energy in local communities / Hironao MATSUBARA
  • News from JSES Committee
    • JSES Report
    • JSES Announcement