Mr Masaki Sakamoto

Sub Chief, Electricity Section, Enterprise Bureau, Präfektur Yamanashi

Mr. Sakamoto joined the Fire and Disaster Prevention Section of Yamanashi Prefecture in 1997 and served in the Power Generation General Control Center. He has been in charge of the construction of new power plants and the operation of the Power Storage Technology Research Site as a Research and Development officer in the Electricity Section of Yamanashi Prefectural Enterprise Bureau since April 2008. He focuses on topics such as superconducting flywheel energy storage systems, hybrid hydrogen battery systems and Power-to-Gas systems. Currently, he is the head of the project "Development of P2G system technology Aiming to Build a CO2-free hydrogen society" by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).