Ko Sakata Master of Science
Advisory Fellow
Technical Fields：Hydrogen Energy System
A M.S. from The University of Tokyo in 1974. Sakata joined Nippon Oil Company (ENEOS Corporation) as a chemist and later a senior manager. He was also a visiting researcher at The University of British Columbia. He joined IAE in 2003 majoring in hydrogen energy. President of Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan in 2020-2022. 2022 Auditor, Hydrogen Energy Systems Society.
A M.S. from The University of Tokyo in 1974. Sakata joined Nippon Oil Company (ENEOS Corporation) as a chemist and later a senior manager. He was also a visiting researcher at The University of British Columbia. He joined IAE in 2003 majoring in hydrogen energy. President of Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan in 2020-2022. 2022 Auditor, Hydrogen Energy Systems Society.
A M.S. from The University of Tokyo in 1974. Sakata joined Nippon Oil Company (ENEOS Corporation) as a chemist and later a senior manager. He was also a visiting researcher at The University of British Columbia. He joined IAE in 2003 majoring in hydrogen energy. President of Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan in 2020-2022. 2022 Auditor, Hydrogen Energy Systems Society.
Major Achievements
- Technical Paper： Hydrogen technologies and developments in Japan, Clean Energy, Vol. 3, No. 2, 105-113 (2019)
- Technical Paper： Impact of Natural Hydrogen on the Realization of Hydrogen Energy Society, J. Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan, Vol.50, No.1 (2025)
- Conference Paper： Latest Trends and Research on Clean Hydrogen-Challenges and Opportunities, Connecting Green Hydrogen Japan 2022, Yokohama, Japan
- Contribution： Expectations and Challenges for Hydrogen Energy System, Kinki Kagaku Kogyokai, July, 2025
- Contribution： Trends and Outlook of Hydrogen Energy, JETI, January, 2023, 2024 and 2025
- Lecture： Sustainability compliance for nuclear energy as a crucial element of national climate policy- Hydrogen as a solution to meet low-carbon energy needs, IAEA ,2021
- Lecture： Challenges and Prospects for Hydrogen Production and Utilization Technology, and Energy Systems Research, Nuremberg Messe, 2023
- Lecture： Bringing the Latest Breakthroughs In Hydrogen Technologies, Connecting Green Hydrogen Japan, 2023
- Lecture： Japan Hydrogen Market – The Latest State and Future Development, Connecting Green Hydrogen Japan, 2024
- Lecture： Hints for the mass introduction of the low carbon energy–success story of introduction of LNG to Japan, Clean Fuel Ammonia Association 2023
- Patent： petroleum chemistry 7, polymer chemistry 17, biotechnology 4
- Government Committee： Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Defense
- Committee member： Committee on hydrogen security strategy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry