Typhoon HIL Champion – Mr. Hashimoto from National Institute in Fukushima National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
The Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology’s (AIST) Fukushima Renewable Energy Research Institute is one of the world's largest facilities for testing and evaluation of high-power power electronics converters. Its mission and goals are similar to Sandia National Laboratories and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US, and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Europe.