Energy database system of NEDO

As to the offer of technical information and others to foreign countries by Japan, the state of more import than export has been criticized internationally. The NEDO energy data base explained in this report is to make the international contribution of information, and based on the Energy Technology Data Exchange Agreement concluded between 13 countries taking part in the IEA and France, the participating countries offer their own technical information on energy, the operating organization collects them and makes the data base, and NEDO systematizes it for distribution. The IEA and the activities of exchanging information, the course of starting the Energy Technology Data Exchange Agreement and its contents, and the works of NEDO based on the Agreement are described. As for the literatures which are not sold on the market, their texts are exchanged. As to the composition of the data base, according to the example in 1988, about 1/3 were directly related to energy, and the rest 2/3 were indirectly related to energy technology. The features of the data base and the method of its utilization are explained. (K.I.)