Education and Professional Experience

2018 - present

Senior Researcher, Socio-economic Research Center, CRIEPI.

2015

Ph.D., Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo.
Thesis tile: Impact of public policy on commercialization and deployment of new technology - Case study of energy technology R&D programs.

2013

Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan University.

2004 - 2005

Visiting Researcher, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.

2007 - 2018

Researcher, Socio-economic Research Center, CRIEPI.

2002 - 2006

Research Associate, Socio-economic Research Center, CRIEPI.

2002

MSc in Science and Technology Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

2000

BSc in System Science, Department of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS (ENGLISH)

Main Author:

• Komatsu, H., O. Kimura, 2020, Peak demand alert system based on electricity demand forecasting for smart meter data. Energy and Buildings, 225: 110307.
• Komatsu, H., O. Kimura, 2019, A combination of SOM-based operating time estimation and simplified disaggregation for SME buildings using hourly energy consumption data. Energy and Buildings, 201: 118-133.
• Johansson, I., et al., 2019, Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs. Energies 12(7): 1338.
• Kimura, O., H. Komatsu, K. Nishio, T. Mukai, 2018, A prototype tool for automatically generating energy saving advice based on smart meter data. Energy Efficiency, 11(5): 1247-1264.
• Wakabayashi, M., Kimura, O., 2018, The impact of the Tokyo Metropolitan Emissions Trading Scheme on reducing greenhouse gas emissions: findings from a facility-based study. Climate Policy, 18(8), pp.1028-1043.
• Kimura, O., 2017, Database for monitoring and evaluating government energy efficiency programs: a Japanese case. eceee 2017 Summer Study proceedings, pp.1917-1927.
• Kimura, O., Komatsu, H., Nishio, K., Mukai, T., 2016, A prototype tool for automatically giving energy saving advice based on smart meter data. eceee 2016 Industrial Summer Study proceedings, pp.599-609.
• Kimura, O., K. Nishio, 2016, Responding to electricity shortfalls: Electricity-saving activities of households and firms in Japan after Fukushima. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, Vol.5, No.1, pp.51-71.
• Patrik, T., O. Kimura, M. Wakabayashi, P. Rohdin, 2015, A review of industrial energy and climate policies in Japan and Sweden with emphasis towards SMEs. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.50, pp.504-512.
• Patrik, T., S. Paramonova, E. Cornelis, O. Kimura, A. Trianni, M. Karlsson, E. Cagno, I. Morales, J.P.J. Navarro, 2015, International study on energy end-use data among industrial SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and energy end-use efficiency improvement opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.104, No.1, pp.282-296.
• Kimura, O., 2014. The Role of Standards: The Japanese Top Runner Program for End-Use Efficiency. in: Wilson, C., Grubler, A., (eds.), Energy Technology Innovation: Learning from Historical Successes and Failures, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
• Kimura, O., Noda, F., 2014, Does regulation of energy management systems work? A case study of the Energy Conservation Law in Japan, eceee 2014 Industrial Summer Study, 2-5 June 2014, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
• Kimura, O., Nishio, K., 2013, Saving Electricity in a Hurry: a Japanese Experience After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, Paper prepared for 2013 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, 23-26 July, 2013, Niagara Falls, NY.
• Kimura, O., 2012. The Role of Standards: The Japanese Top Runner Program for End-Use Efficiency. Historical Case Studies of Energy Technology Innovation in: Chapter 24, The Global Energy Assessment. Grubler A., Aguayo, F., Gallagher, K.S., Hekkert, M., Jiang, K., Mytelka, L., Neij, L., Nemet, G. & C. Wilson. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
• Kimura, O., 2011, Promoting energy efficiency in industrial/commercial sector: Japanese Experience, paper presented at IPCC WGIII symposium in Tokyo, 5-6 July, 2011, Tokyo, Japan.
• Kimura, O., 2010, Public R&D and commercialization of energy-efficient technology: A case study of Japanese projects, Energy Policy, 38, pp.7358-7369.
• Kimura, O., Suzuki, T., 2006, 30 years of solar energy development in Japan: co-evolution process of technology, policies, and the market. Presentation at Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, 17-18 November 2006, Berlin, Germany.

CRIEPI RESEARCH REPORT (JAPANESE)

• Kimura, O., 2018, Public Spending for Climate Change Mitigation and its Cost-Effectiveness: How is the revenue of the Tax for Global Warming Mitigation spent?, Review of Electricity Economics, 65, pp.32-44.
• Kimura, O., Ueno, T., Wakabayashi, M., 2017, Implicit carbon price: A better metric than explicit carbon price? CRIEPI Report Y16002.
• Kimura, O., 2016, Government programs for climate change mitigation in Japan: an analysis based on public budget documents and Government Project Review Sheets, CRIEPI Report Y15018.
• Kimura, O., K. Ofuji , 2015, Persistency of electricity savings in firms after the Great East Japan Earthquake: 2014 update, CRIEPI Report Y14013.
• Kimura, O., Ofuji, K., 2014, Additionality and cost effectiveness of subsidy programs for energy efficiency - A case study of NEDO programs -, CRIEPI Report Y13028.
• Kimura, O., 2014, Persistency of electricity savings in firms after the Great East Japan Earthquake - Analysis based on three years questionnaire surveys -, CRIEPI Report Y13014.
• Kimura, O., Nishio, K., 2013, Persistency of electricity savings in firms after the Great East Japan Earthquake - Comparison of the 2011 and 2012 surveys, CRIEPI Report Y12023.
• Kimura, O., et al., Questionnaire survey on firms' activities to save electricity in the summer of 2011 - Focusing on results from eastern Japan, CRIEPI Report Y12002.
• Kimura, O.,Himei, H., How Japanese supermarkets saved electricity in the summer of 2011, CRIEPI Report Y11034.
• Kimura, O., et al., Effectiveness of regulation as a climate policy instrument: Case of informational/educational approach by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, CRIEPI Report Y10027.
• Himei, H., Kimura, O., Energy efficiency activities in service sector in Japan: A case study of pachinko industry, CRIEPI Report Y10036.
• Kimura, O., Noda, F., Effectiveness of regulations on firms by Japanese Energy Conservation Law, CRIEPI Report Y09010.
• Kimura, O., Noda, F., 2010, Effectiveness of Energy Audit Programs in Japan, CRIEPI Report Y09009.
• Kimura, O., 2009, Barriers to energy efficiency in the Japanese industry - Case studies of boilers, furnaces and motor-driven systems, CRIEPI Report Y08045.
• Kimura, O., 2008, Why is the solar thermal system diffusion declining in Japan? CRIEPI Report Y08002.
• Kimura, O., 2008, How public R&D programs bring technology to the market: A case study of energy efficiency technology programs in thermal energy utilization, CRIEPI Report Y07040.
• Kimura, O., Kajiki, S., 2008, Revisiting the Advanced Gas Turbine Project - Retrospective evaluation of its impacts on gas turbine development in Japan, CRIEPI Report Y07009.
• Kimura, O., et al., 2007, Analysis of government-sponsored energy R&D projects: Lessons from Sunshine, Moonlight, and New-Sunshine Programs, CRIEPI Report Y06019.
• Kimura, O., 2006, A review of ex post analysis on the effectiveness of technology policies, CRIEPI Report Y05029.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Contributing Author for Chapter 15: National and Sub-National Policies and Institutions, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of Working Group III, 2011-2014.
• Member of IEA-IETS Annex XVI "Energy efficiency in SMEs", 2012-2014, 2018-2020.
• Contributing Author for Chapter 24: Policies for the Energy Technology Innovation System, Global Energy Assessment, 2009-2012.
• Member of ECEEE (European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy)