A two-day symposium on fuel cells in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, drew a wide range of people from both the public and private sectors, eager to hear the latest on advances in a field that constitutes a growing pillar of Japan's energy policy and is quickly moving toward commercialization.
Among those attending the mid-May gathering were people from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, universities and electric power, oil, gas, electric machinery, auto and chemical companies, not to mention various other organizations.
The information provided ranged from the technological problems of extracting hydrogen from home heating oil to challenges involving commercialization of products for widespread use.