Manufacture of chemicals and fuels from biomass produced from forests, plants, and other biological resources
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Recently, I had the opportunity to enjoy a French or Japanese course meal and began to experience the depth of the culinary culture.
Against the backdrop of the profitability challenges faced by Japan's forest industry and social demands such as the realization of a decarbonized society, we have been working on the use of components extracted from wood resources to [...].
Efforts to convert to biomass-derived fuels and chemical feedstocks are progressing on the business, supply, technology, and institutional fronts. Sumitomo Forestry [...].
The destabilization of the Middle East situation over the Strait of Hormuz reiterates the vulnerability of Japan's energy and economic security, which depends on foreign countries for fossil fuels [...].
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. have jointly developed seedlings of the new "Clean Larch" variety, which has high CO2 fixation capacity, in the forests owned by the two groups in Hokkaido, [...].
Today, political divisions are deepening, especially in Europe and the United States, and existing values such as democracy and liberalism are being shaken. Against this backdrop, [...]...
About two-thirds of Japan's land area is forested. The forested area amounts to about 25.02 million hectares (as of the end of March 2022), of which [...].
Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, will start renewable energy generation by woody biomass power generation using unused wood and other materials in the city as fuel in April.
*Click here for the first part of the report: "Okayama Model": Transformation to a Resource Self-Sufficient Nation and Urban Wood Construction, Challenged by Industry-Government-Academia [...] Report of the Symposium on Forest Circular Economy [...
Last time, we introduced biomass conversion technologies. This time, we look at companies that are utilizing these conversion technologies and moving toward practical application [...]
Tokyo Metro has partnered with Sano Biomass Power Generation, funded by Kansai Electric Power and others, to develop Japan's first subway project utilizing domestically sourced wood biomass.
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, in collaboration with Tsuji Culinary School and the Japan Ghibier Promotion Association, has developed a retort pouch that utilizes retort technology to [...]
Sendai Port Biomass Power LLC, jointly funded by Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo Gas, Hokuriku Electric Power, and Sumitomo Corporation Tohoku, is constructing [...] in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
I heard these words more than once during my business trips to Europe: "I don't have that much money saved and I'll be fine" and "The government will take care of me in my old age." [...].
In the previous issue, we overviewed the characteristics of biomass as a resource. In this issue, we will discuss how biomass resources can be used to produce biochemicals and biofuels [...].