Analysis on the trends of a biomass utilization technology

[2009, March 11]

1. Introduction

It is fresh in memory that President U.S. OBAMA launched the program as part of business stimulating measures. Also in Japan, a Japanese version green New Deal (reform of Green economics and society) policy is worked on mainly by the Ministry of Environment. Realization of low carbon society takes these lead, and energy is regarded as one of the spindle of the. Especially as renewable energy in Japan, attention to photovoltaics or wind power was high, and when compared, the biomass had the admiration whose degree of attention was slightly low.
In fact, if the newspaper article number of cases in 2003 and afterwards (posting number in national newspaper 4 paper) is seen, photovoltaics is order which overwhelmingly and is subsequently called wind powers and the biomass (Fig.1). However, it comes here and the motion about biomass use is activating. The one example is inception (February, 2009) of “bio-Ethanol research and innovative technology associations” by NIPPON OIL, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toyota Motor, KAJIMA, the SAPPORO ENGINEERING, and Toray. This association aims at performing cellulose system bioethanol manufacture technical development. It is considered materialization of working biomass utilization completely as the industry.


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