By Reynaldo Andres/Philippine News Agency
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte — A professor from the Ashikaga University (AU) in Japan visited the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) here on Tuesday to train its researchers and engineering professors on renewable energy and smart grid applications.
Prof. Yoshihita Sato is an expert in power electronics for renewable energy, floating offshore wind power generation, grid connection technology of wind power generation system, and power storage.
His topics revolved around areas in power systems and how they are being compared with the conventional power generation systems and renewable energy sources in the Philippines.
Sato said these renewable systems play significant roles in power electronics in smart grids, in single-phase AC control using a bi-directional switch, and in optimal power storage system for the country.
During his lecture, Sato thanked MMSU for helping him conduct the training-workshop in MMSU, assuring that he will help the university use smart grid applications that could be suitable for the Philippines.
Prior to the said workshop, a similar training-workshop on renewable energy technologies in line with solar, wind and biomass energy tracks were conducted last year by three AU experts and one Filipino Balik Scientist.
Also, Prof. Yuichi Nakajo, another AU expert came to MMSU last July 22-26 for the mobility of the Japanese students, in line with English proficiency training in nursing and engineering short courses.
The visit of the Japanese experts in this city is one of the outputs of the partnership forged between the MMSU and four universities in Japan — AU, Gifu University, Shizouka University, and Kyoto University — for international exchange programs.
MMSU president Shirley C. Agrupis said the training-workshop conducted by Sato will surely help the participants enhance their knowledge in the field of renewable energy technologies and smart grid applications.
“I hope they will use these skills in making MMSU an energy self-sufficient state university,” she said.
Fascinated by one of the projects of Sato, Agrupis said she hopes to build an offshore floating wind power at the MMSU College of Aquatic Sciences and Applied Technology in the future.
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