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Woody biomass

Renewable biomass resources from wood

8.12Tue 2025

Why Japan Needs a "Circular Forest Economy" Now: Resource Self-Sufficiency, Lifelong Growth, and a Resident-Financed Platinum Society

As Chairman of the Platinum Initiative Network and former President of the University of Tokyo, I have long been thinking about the future of Japan. Now, the world [...].

8.4Mon 2025

Establishing Technologies to Utilize Lignin, Key to Realizing a Decarbonized Society: Active Research Utilizing Microbial Metabolism [Cultivating the Future through Carbon Cultivation].

Reducing dependence on oil and securing sustainable material feedstocks are essential to achieving a decarbonized society. To address this challenge [...].

7.25Fri 2025

Forest Circular Economy, edited by Hiroshi Komiyama, is a vision for the year 2050: Rebuilding Japan as a resource-rich nation will start with its forests.

The national challenges facing Japan today - carbon neutrality by 2050, regional sustainability, and resource self-sufficiency. These [...]...

7.19Sat 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Invests in Australia's Licella Holdings to Expand Oil Conversion Business from Used Plastics and Biomass

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group is pleased to announce that its corporate venture capital subsidiary, Diamond Edge Ventures, I [...].

7.10Thu 2025

Sanyo Engineering, which contributes to the circular economy of the region by turning waste wood and unused forest materials into high-quality chips for power generation, has been recognized as an excellent company.

Sanyo Engineering, a machine designer and manufacturer of shredding and sorting equipment for wood and wood waste, is participating in the Hiroshima Industrial Promotion Organization's [...]

7.9Wed 2025

Carbon Neutrality as a Basis for Biomass Utilization in the Forest Circular Economy Landscape Approach is Key

The argument for wood use in many places is based on the premise that forest biomass is carbon neutral [...].

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.

6.24Tue 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 [...].

6.23Mon 2025

Local Production for Local Consumption of Wood, Wooden Towns, and Woody Biomass to Enrich the Region: The Challenge of Fully Utilizing Forest Resources in Western Toyama Prefecture (2)

The western region of Toyama Prefecture is surrounded by clean water and rich forests. The region is now making the most of its bounty, and is close to being self-sufficient in 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 [...].

6.16Mon 2025

Webinar to Commemorate the Launch of "Forest Circular Economy" (Webinar)
The Future Created by Forest Recycling
Thursday, July 10, 2025, 13:00-17:00

In this special seminar commemorating the first issue of "Forest Circular Economy," various people who will accelerate this "Forest Circular Economy" will present topics and hold discussions.

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 [...].

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