The RENKEI Program Summer School gathered, within the period of 8-12 September, 17 students from 4 Universities from the UK and 4 from Japan on the theme “Energy Supply within Traditional and Environmentally Conscious Growth Models”. The school consisted of lectures, group work and site visits at one of the Sendai municipal incineration plant in Matsumori, the Toyota Motor East Japan and Higashi-Matsushima.

RENKEI stands for Research and Education Network for Knowledge Economy Initiatives. It is a Japan-UK scheme aimed to encourage knowledge transfer and expand university and industry ties in the field of science and technology. The 2013 RENKEI events took place in Bristol and Kyoto and the next one will be held in Southampton.