Renewable biomass resources from wood
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 [...].
Have you ever felt uncomfortable with the use of fossil fuels as a matter of course? Nowadays, electricity and heat energy are generated by coal and [...].
A plan to convert an existing coal-fired power plant to a wood biomass power plant at the Nihonkaisui Sanuki Plant (Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture) has been approved by the [...]
Biomass, which lexically refers to the amount of living organisms (bio) (mass), as opposed to fossil resources such as oil and coal [...].
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 [...].
Reducing dependence on oil and securing sustainable material feedstocks are essential to achieving a decarbonized society. To address this challenge [...].
The national challenges facing Japan today - carbon neutrality by 2050, regional sustainability, and resource self-sufficiency. These [...]...
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group is pleased to announce that its corporate venture capital subsidiary, Diamond Edge Ventures, I [...].
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 [...]
The argument for wood use in many places is based on the premise that forest biomass is carbon neutral [...].
The Paris Agreement was adopted at COP21 in Paris, France in December 2015. This agreement is an agreement that all participants [...].
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 [...].
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. [...].
ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical have completed construction of a chemical recycling facility at Mitsubishi Chemical's Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki [...].
TOYO has developed the MRF-Z Neo (TM [...]), a reactor for small-scale plants optimized for green methanol production.
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 [...].