In Japan, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. has invested in MORISORA Bio Refinery LLC to advance sustainable aviation fuel produced from domestically sourced woody biomass bioethanol. MORISORA Bio Refinery is a joint venture established in July 2025 by three companies: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Corporation, and Green Earth Institute Inc. As part of the […]
In Japan, AirKamuy Inc. has unveiled a biodegradable, cardboard-based drone at the DSEI 2025 trade show. The AirKamuy 150 is a fixed-wing drone constructed from cardboard and biobased adhesives. Costing under $3,000 each, and with a flight time of 1-2.5 hours, potential applications include reconnaissance, logistics, training, and threat simulation. It can also be assembled […]
In Bulgaria, Renewables Now reported that JFE Engineering, part of JFE Holdings, together with its partners, has put into operation a 112-MW biomass-fired power plant in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture. Leasing company Tokyo Century, Japanese utilities Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas Co. are the other companies involved in the Tahara Biomass Power Plant, according to […]
In Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5 vol% ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems (MMDS®: Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System) installed at MHI’s Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the Nagasaki District Research & Innovation Center, which meets domestic fuel standards. Bioethanol is gaining attention […]
In Japan, IHI Plant Co., Ltd. has been awarded an order for ENEOS Corporation and TOPPAN Holdings Co., Ltd. a “Bio-Monozukuri Revolution Promotion Project” by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and will be conducted by ENEOS and others. The demonstration aims to improve the efficiency of bioethanol production by combining the […]
In Japan, Sumitomo Chemical has constructed and begun operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works for its new proprietary process to produce propylene directly from ethanol. This new technology is expected to significantly contribute to the petrochemical industry’s effort to switch to alternative feedstocks, and is supported by the […]
In Japan, NTT DATA Corporation will start considering the joint development of FATHOPES ENERGY HOLDING PTE LTD and the Waste Oil Collection Support Application in Malaysia to expand the spread of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This application aims to solve the problems in the procurement of raw materials for SAF by enabling waste food oil […]
In Japan, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical have established a limited liability partnership (LLP) to achieve carbon neutrality and production capacity optimization targeting 2030 with respect to the two ethylene manufacturing facilities in total owned by the three companies in western Japan, and will accelerate relevant studies. The three companies have advanced discussions […]
In Japan, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed a loan agreement amounting to up to JPY60 billion, of which JBIC’s portion is JPY36 billion, with Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), a government financial institution in India, taking the opportunity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan. The loan is based on the […]
In Japan, designers have created a biomaterial kit for growing toy blocks out mycelium. Dubbed MYMORI, the kit includes block molds and a mycelium mixture. Kids first crush the kit’s material, mix it with flour, pour the mixture into a mold, leave the mold in the dark for a few days, and then leave the […]
