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Finding the Perfect Mix: The Future of Clean Energy
Mika Ohbayashi Renewable Energy Institute, Tokyo / Director
Biography
Mika Ohbayashi has served as the director of the Renewable Energy Institute since its foundation in 2011. Previously, she worked in Abu Dhabi for the International Renewable Energy Agency as policy and project regional manager for Asia and Oceania. She also served as climate change project adviser at the British Embassy to Japan and as director at the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies. She started her career in the energy field at the Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center in 1992. In 2017, she received the Global Leadership Award in Advancing Solar Energy Policy by the International Solar Energy Society.