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Biomass ChemistryBiomass Chemistry

Manufacture of chemicals and fuels from biomass produced from forests, plants, and other biological resources

7.8Tue 2025

Expanding Possibilities with "Form-Sustaining Cellulose Materials" that Utilize the Superior Natural Structure of Wood [Cultivating the Future through Carbon Cultivation].

The Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in Paris, France in December 2015. This agreement is an agreement that all participants [...].

7.8Tue 2025

Exploring raw biomass (1) Characterization is important to reveal the characteristics and properties of plants

The use of biomass as an alternative to fossil resources is being actively considered, and there have been several booms in the past for this type of initiative [...].

7.7Mon 2025

Biomass Resources" Contributing to Global Warming Prevention - Forest Circular Economy and Chemical Industry (2)

As a review of the previous issue, let us take another look at the manufacturing process of the chemical industry in Japan, from raw materials to the production of chemical products. [...].

7.4Fri 2025

Recycling Used Plastic to Accelerate Circular Economy ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical Completed Construction of Chemical Recycling Facility

ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical have completed construction of a chemical recycling facility at Mitsubishi Chemical's Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki [...].

7.3Thu 2025

TOYO Develops Reactor for Small-Scale Plants Enabling Regionally Distributed Green Methanol Production

TOYO has developed the MRF-Z Neo (TM [...]), a reactor for small-scale plants optimized for green methanol production.

6.30Mon 2025

Cultivating the Future with Carbon Cultivation] Materials and Fuels are "Growing" in the Age of Carbon Cultivation

Click here to read the previous article "Cultivating the Future with Carbon Cultivation" What is the "Create" Idea to Save the Earth? To stop global warming, we need to use carbon [...]

6.24Tue 2025

Forest-based manufacturing and value for the public good: Making the "whole watershed" of biomass a growth field

The woody biomass business is expected to be a core industry for the next generation to realize a sustainable society. The spread of woody biomass requires a forest supply of resources [...].

6.17Tue 2025

Direct Economic Effects of Full Utilization of Forest Resources Estimated at 4.7 Trillion Yen in 2050 - Forest Circular Economy (5)

Assuming the development of the forest circular economy described so far, we have estimated the supply and demand of woody biomass and its effects. Biomass chemistry and wood [...].

6.12Thu 2025

Businesses and Society undergo a major transformation with biomass resources at the core. Potential to expand into fuels and products.

The most important aspect of carbon neutrality is the attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The most important of these is the forest circular economy, which is a major [...].

6.12Thu 2025

MHI Invests in iPEACE223, Developing Technology to Produce Clean Fuels Using Bioethanol New Option for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced that iPEACE [...], a startup with technology to produce clean fuels and chemical feedstocks from bioethanol.

6.11Wed 2025

Cultivating the Future through Carbon Cultivation] What is the idea of "making" to save the earth?

Greenhouse gases cause global warming. How to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), the largest of these gases, is the biggest challenge for mankind today [...].

5.23Fri 2025

TRE and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to Produce "Green Methanol" from Forest Resources and Wastes

TRE Holdings and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. have announced a strategy for Japan's first commercial-scale "green methanol" production and sales business [...].

5.22Thu 2025

Oji HD Completes Construction of Japan's Largest Woody Biomass Demonstration Plant to Produce 3,000 Tons of Sugar from Wood

Oji Holdings Corporation has constructed a pilot plant for the production of wood-derived sugar and ethanol on the premises of the Oji Paper Yonago Mill in Tottori Prefecture, [...].

5.21Wed 2025

If we can build a consensus among the Japanese people that "forests are wonderful," a "circular forest economy" can be established.

Tokuyama Corporation was founded in 1918 in Tokuyama Town (now Shunan City), Yamaguchi Prefecture, with the aim of domestically producing soda ash, which at the time was dependent on imported [...].

5.10Sat 2025

The chemical industry is being charged with a major responsibility to decarbonize - Forest Circular Economy and the Chemical Industry (1)

When I saw the title, which refers to the seemingly distant themes of "forests" and "the chemical industry," I wondered what the connection was [...].

5.8Thu 2025

Linkage between Forestry and Sawmill Facilities and Chemical Plants is the Key to Conversion from Oil to Biomass - Forest Circular Economy in General (2)

New demand for woody biomass will arise from the conversion of petrochemicals to biomass chemistry. In order to achieve carbon neutral [...].

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