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Wakeyama Lab
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The lab maps out a path to a power system running on 100% renewable energy.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a decarbonized society through modeling analysis and policy research
The Wakeyama Lab studies how to realize a power system running on 100% renewable energy.
It works on model analysis using linear programming and geographic information systems (GIS), policy research, and case studies of renewable energy projects.
Research topics are decided based on each student's own awareness of problems and interests.
The lab started in April 2022 and aims to deepen understanding of the issues involved in building a decarbonized society.
Key terms
- Linear programming
- A computational method that uses equations to find the combination with the lowest cost under many constraints
- Geographic information system (GIS)
- A system that overlays data such as land use and facility locations on a map and analyzes them in relation to place
- Output curtailment
- Temporarily reducing or stopping the output of power plants when there is likely to be a surplus of electricity
ResearchResearch themes
Toward realizing a power system running on 100% renewable energy, the lab pursues modeling analysis, policy research, and case studies of renewable energy projects. Based on each student's awareness of problems and interests, it addresses the issues involved in building a decarbonized society.
*Illustrative imagePolicy Harmonization for New Energy Technologies
New technologies such as renewable energy, storage batteries, and hydrogen fuel often struggle to spread because policies designed around conventional technologies act as barriers. Through modeling analysis and policy research, the lab identifies the policies that are key to their social implementation.
*Illustrative imageModel Analysis of Power Systems
Using economic dispatch models, unit commitment models, market models and grid models, and GIS, the lab analyzes scenarios for expanding renewable energy from 2030 to 2050. It examines costs, the share of renewables, the amount of output curtailment, and even the impact on land use.
*Illustrative imageLocal Consensus Building for Renewable Energy
Natural resources are finite resources shared by society, and they can be lost through careless actions. Using geothermal power plants in Japan and Kenya as fields, the lab studies sustainable resource management based on new technologies and institutional design grounded in mathematical sociology.
MembersFaculty
The Wakeyama Lab is made up of faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTatsuya Wakeyama
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Pylons carrying electricity transmission lines - geograph.org.uk - 7869746” Jim Smillie / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Policy Harmonization for New Energy Technologies: “Solar Sharing Power Plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki 01” Σ64 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Model Analysis of Power Systems: “Switchyard Etzenricht2” Zonk43 / Public domain (cropped)
- Local Consensus Building for Renewable Energy: “Krafla geothermal power plant” Hansueli Krapf / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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