Launch of Next-Generation Storage Technology Development to Accelerate Renewable Energy Adoption

Selected for Ministry of the Environment R&D Project

Promoting Stable Power Supply and Carbon Neutrality with High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries Utilizing Silicon-Based Anodes

Shinshu University (Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture; President: Soichiro Nakamura), a national university corporation, is pleased to announce that its research and development project, "Technological Development of Grid-Scale Electricity Storage Systems Using Si-Based Anodes to Promote Renewable Energy Adoption", has been selected in the Ministry of the Environment's public solicitation for the "FY2025 Regional Collaboration and Cross-Sectoral Technology Development and Demonstration Project for Carbon Neutrality."

This Project aims to advance electricity storage systems to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy (RE) adoption, which is essential for realizing a carbon-neutral society by 2050. Shinshu University will lead a consortium--including TDK Corporation, Tottori University, Waseda University, and Verne Crystal Co., Ltd.--to develop and demonstrate next-generation Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) with high energy density, high output, and long life by replacing the graphite anodes currently used in existing LIBs with Si-based anodes. The goal is to achieve early social implementation of this technology.