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Selected for Final Phase of NEDO Green Innovation Fund

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    2025.09.10
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Accelerating Mass Production Technology Development for Film-Type Perovskite Solar Cells, Paving the Way for Full-Scale Entry into Outdoor Installation Applications EneCoat Technologies Co., Ltd. (Head office: Kumiyama-cho, Kuse-gun, Kyoto Prefecture; CEO: Naoya Kato; hereinafter referred to as “EneCoat”) is pleased to announce that a project “Mass production technology development and demonstration project for the social implementation of perovskite solar cells with high installation flexibility” (hereinafter referred to as “this project”) for the “Green Innovation Fund Project/Project for Demonstration of Next-generation Solar Cells” was adopted on 10 September 2025. This project was publicly solicited by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (hereinafter referred to as “NEDO”). This project is the final phase of the “Research and Development and Social Implementation Plan for Project for development of next-generation solar cells” formulated by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) , and aims to reduce power generation costs under certain conditions (solar radiation conditions, etc.) to 14 yen/kWh or less by fiscal year 2030. Following on from the current phase (Project for practical realization of next-generation solar cells, adopted on December 28, 2021), EneCoat will be working on research and development and social implementation of next-generation solar cells (perovskite solar cells) as one of the major players in Japan, with the support of the Green Innovation Fund. EneCoat also aims to leverage this project as an opportunity to fully enter the huge market for Selected for Final Phase of NEDO Green Innovation Fund Accelerating Mass Production Technology Development for Film-Type Perovskite Solar Cells, Paving the Way for Full-Scale Entry into Outdoor Installation Applications outdoor stationary applications with perovskite solar cells. Kyoto University, where EneCoat is originated, will participate as an outsourced entity in this project, and a powerful corporate-academia alliance (hereinafter referred to as the “Consortium”) will be formed with the following institutions. EneCoat will be fully prepared to steadily translate the results of its research and development into social implementation toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, and then promote large-scale dissemination both domestically and internationally. Furthermore, the implementation of this project will see the full-scale introduction of the “roll-to-roll method” as a production method for the first time since the company’s establishment, and will strongly promote the creation of a market for the “filmtype” method, EneCoat’s specialty. The global race to develop perovskite solar panels has already entered the large-scale production phase, with Chinese companies taking on conventional crystalline silicon solar panels with their “glasstype” solar panels. Meanwhile, in Japan, there are hopes that a market will be formed soon by taking advantage of the light, thin, and flexible (bendable) characteristics of film-type perovskite solar panels, and introducing them into places where crystalline silicon solar panels cannot be installed (such as roofs and building walls with low load-bearing capacity), and this project will target this market. The Japanese government’s “Seventh Strategic Energy Plan,” approved by the Cabinet in February 2025, and the “Next Generation Solar Cell Strategy,” revealed by METI at the end of November 2024, set out a clear numerical target of “aiming to introduce a cumulative total of approximately 20 GW of perovskite solar cells by 2040.” In response to this, competition to build large-scale production systems is expected to intensify in Japan as well, and EneCoat has formed the above consortium to enter this competition and will lead research and development as a core member of the consortium. 【Contact for inquiries regarding this matter】 　E-mail：info@enecoat.com

EneCoat Technologies has been selected for the 2025 Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list.

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    2025.08.26
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EneCoat Technologies has been selected for this year’s Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list. This fifth edition of the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list features 100 fast-growing small companies and startups in the Asia-Pacific region are driving innovation across 10 sectors including biotechnology, space technology, retail, and finance.
Learn more here　http://www.forbes.com/100towatch

We won the “Business Grand Prize” at Japan Business Design Discovery & Presentation η2020-2021.

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    2021.04.30
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We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the “Business Grand Prize” at the Japan Business Design Discovery & Presentation held by the ICT Business Consortium and the Telecom Services Association of Japan. Japan Business Design Discovery & Presentation η2020-2021   「Japan Business Design Discovery & Presentation」 Let’s seize the future with your own business ideas! The purpose of this project is to create a place where a wide variety of people can interact through business, and where business can grow together with people. The purpose of this project is to create and maintain a variety of economic distribution channels that will enable Japan to develop from the region. Businesses, business plans, and business models from all over the world and Japan are invited to present their ideas. We will award prizes to entrepreneurs and business managers with high business feasibility and passion for the economy. The event is held in cooperation with local organizations and companies. We also provide a supportive environment for businesses to grow, including commercialization of plans, business partnerships, fundraising, expansion of sales channels, and brush-up of businesses. ICT Business Consortium：http://ict.telesa.or.jp/ Telecom Services Association：https://www.telesa.or.jp/en

The project passed the stage-gate screening and was adopted as Phase C of the “Technology Research and Development Project for the Discovery and Commercialization of Seeds of New Energy, etc.”.

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    2021.01.13
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Featured in the Kyoto iCAP website “Embarkation” story

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    2020.12.25
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Video of a Disaster Tent with Film-type Solar Cells is Now Available.

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    2020.11.26
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Certified as J-Startup KANSAI

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    2020.10.26
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We have been Certified as one of the J-Startup KANSAI companies. https://www.kansai.meti.go.jp/3-3shinki/JSK_select.html 「J-Startup KANSAI」 As a regional development of the J-Startup program of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), this program is newly developed in conjunction with the Startup Ecosystem Base Formation Project of the Cabinet Office. Promising startups from the Kansai region to the rest of Japan and the world will be selected as “J-Startup KANSAI”, and the public and private sectors will work together to provide intensive support to support the rapid growth of the selected companies. We will identify a group of promising startups that will serve as role models for the Kansai region, and by building a system to support and encourage them in the region, we aim to further strengthen the startup ecosystem in the Kansai region. J-Startup KANSAI Official Page：https://next-innovation.go.jp/j-startup-kansai/ J-Startup Official Page：https://www.j-startup.go.jp/

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagiuda visited our development base “Nanotechnology Hub”.

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    2020.09.11
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Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagiuda visited Kyoto University’s Nanotechnology Hub, and Mr. Kato and Mr. Wakamiya, our representative directors, responded to his visit. We explained the development status of perovskite solar cells as an initiative of the university venture. The article about the visit to Kyoto can be found on the Ministry of Education’s website and on YouTube.

It was adopted in NEDO “Development of Technology to Promote Main Power Source for Photovoltaic Power Generation / Research and Development Item (I) New Market Creation Technology for Photovoltaic Power Generation” in collaboration with Sharp Corporation and Kyoto University.

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    2020.07.30
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It was adopted in Reiwa 1st year KYOTO Industrial Support Organization 21 “Corporate Forest / Academic-Academic Forest”promotion project.

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    2019.12.10
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