Sustainable Energy Testbed Project

The Sustainable Energy Testbed Project (OIST Testbed) is a collaborative platform for testing and validating emerging technologies in real-world environments.
It brings together OIST, industry, government, academia, and startups to explore practical solutions to regional challenges.
Through these activities, the Testbed generates knowledge, technologies, and new approaches that can support wider application beyond Okinawa.

What We Do

Using Okinawa as a real-world testbed to validate new solutions and generate insights for wider application.

  • TEST
  • CONNECT
  • VALIDATE
Local mechanisms for matching renewable generation with demand, including energy exchange and incentive design.

Energy: Local Energy Management System (EMS) Development

Exploring how distributed energy resources can be coordinated locally to increase renewable energy use and enable more flexible energy management.

On-Demand Shuttle Pilot

Mobility: On-Demand Shuttle Pilot

Testing how an on-demand electric shuttle can provide flexible mobility while generating practical insights for future community transport services.

Validation Program

Validation Program

Supporting startups and companies in validating technologies in a real-world OIST environment and building evidence for the next stage of development.

Please contact us for any questions.

Email: testbed@oist.jp