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1 | Japan x ASEAN Biomass Collaboration Tracker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Presumed status | Date announced | Activity | Japan company/institution | Japan government institution/program | Overseas collaborating entity | Country of activity | Activity type | Biomass type | Details | Timeline/ Future signalling | Reference URL | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Active | 3/3/2023 | MOU on Joint Study of Sustainable Palm Oil Industry Development in Malaysia | ・JGC ・JANUS | ・AZEC | ・GMB | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody ・Palm oil waste (EFB, POME) | A "joint study of sustainable domestic palm oil industry development through effective utilization of unused resources from palm oil milling in the country." ... "JGC Holdings and JANUS will study the solutions needed to convert industrial POME, EFB, and thinned/waste wood to biofuel and biochemicals." | https://www.jgc.com/en/news/2023/20230303.html | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Active | 11/29/2021 | Promoting the Development of Various Biomass Fuels Such as "New Sorghum” | ・Erex | ・Vietnam Investment Conference | ・Phu Yen Province | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod | ・Purpose- grown agri | Announced 11/2021 in MOU signed with Phu Yen Province. Test planting done in Tay Ninh, Phu Yen, Binh Thuan, completed Fall 2021. Production planting being done in Tay Ninh, Long An, Phu Yen. Other potential sites under investigation. | As of 3/2023, "new sorghum planting underway" in Tay Nin, Phu Yen, Long An. Target: Export to Japan in 2024 Target: Sorghum pellet production to reach 5 million tons by 2030. Target: Utilizing new sorghum and other newly developed biomass fuels to generate additional 0.6 GW by 2035, 2.0 GW by 2040 in Vietnam | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/business/global/ | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Active | 11/8/2021 | MOU for Business Alliance with Samsung C&T Corporation – Expansion of Fuel Business – | ・Erex | ・Samsung C&T (Korea) | Vietnam | ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified | "... the two companies will discuss, with mutual consent, biomass fuel supply businesses for inefficient coal-fired thermal power plants, fuel supply for large-scale biomass power plants, and consideration of other new projects in the renewable energy business field by making more optimal and effective use of the business areas in which they excel." | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/news/pressrelease/335/ | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Active | 2018 | 12MW Biomass Power Plant Project in Aceh Province, Sumatera | ・AURA Green Energy | ・JCM Model Project | ・PT. Primanusa Enegi Lestari | Indonesia | ・Power generation (12 MW) | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | "... implementing a biomass power generation utilizing residues such as Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) discharged from palm oil factories, and to substitute renewable energy for grid electric power in Indonesia." In a research interview, plant says it has no concerns regarding raw material supply as it is located near a palm oil plantation. | Project selected 2018 Methodology approved 2/17/2021 Installing as of 9/4/2023 | https://pt-aura.com/projects/ | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Active | 10/21/2021 | 1st Commercial plant construction in Vietnam for black pellet ”Idemitsu Green Energy Pellet™”Contribution for CO2 reduction in Japan and increase supply to 300kt in 3 years | ・IKC | ・Idemitsu Green Energy Vietnam Limited Company | Vietnam | ・Fuel production ・Supply chain | ・Woody (Acacia) ・(sawdust) | "In constructing the new plant, IKC will take a stake in an existing pellet company and construct a new black pellet at the factory site. For feedstocks, IKC will use mainly acacia wood residues and saw dust, and will establish a biomass supply chain from the procurement of raw materials, black pellet production, transportation, and sales. " | Started first half of 2022 with 120 kt/year production volume Target: 300 kt annual production within 3 years Target: 2 million ton/year production by 2030 | https://www.idemitsu.com/en/news/2021/211021.html | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Cancelled | Cancelled 7/25/2023 | Biomass pellet production collaboration with European startup | ・IKC | ・TG2® GmbH ・TG2® K.K. ・Wilhelmina Energy Malaysia Sdn Bhd ・Maatschappij Wilhelmina N.V. | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | To poduct biomass fuel pellets from EFB in Malaysia in collaboration with European startup company. Previously conducted a feasibility study with same company on biomass pellet production. Perhaps cancellation of this project was due to results of feasibility study? | This particular project was cancelled on 7/25/2023, but IKC says it will "continue to consider the production of biomass fuel using EFB in Malaysia." | https://www.idemitsu.com/en/whatsnew/2023/230725.html | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Completed | 2020 | Feasibility Study of GHG Reduction by Torrefaction and Co-firing Technology on Decayed Biomass including EFB | ・IKC | Study used to apply for METI's FIT scheme? | ・TG2® GmbH | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | Goal of study was to find ways to reduce cost of pellet production through reduction in agricultural waste, primarily EFB. The high moisture, ash, and salt content of EFB makes unsuitable for coal co-firing as a raw material, so this study was concluded to investigate manufacture of TG2 pellets, made from EFB, and also how to promote production and dissemination. Not stated explicitly, but seems likely that the IKC x TG2 fuel production collaboration was perhaps cancelled due to the results of this study? | https://www.meti.go.jp/meti_lib/report/2020FY/030662.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Active | Steam Explosion Process Development with EFB | ・IKC | ・METI FIT scheme | ・Wilhelmina Energy Malaysia Sdn Bhd ・Maatschappij Wilhelmina N.V. ・TG2® GmbH ・TG2® K.K. | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | Collaboration with TG2/Wilhelmina for BP production project from Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB). Related to cancelled "Biomass pellet production collaboration with European startup" project? | Ongoing as of 9/6/2022 COD 2023 Q4 | https://www.jcoal.or.jp/news/upload/cf7fcc38cd08edd6bfc2eae3583c5deaac006ee7.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Completed | 1/14/2021 | Introduction of 2MW Solar Power System for Pellet Factory | ・IKC | ・JCM Model Project | ・HATIECO ・TTCL | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody ・Solar (2 MW) | Install a solar power generation system on the roof of a factory and sell the generated power to the factory owner. HATIECO/TTCL own the factory. Solar panel installation project announced January 2021 for completion by first half of 2022. IKC acquired 90% stake in Ha Tien Energy Corp in October 2021. Ergo, the solar panel installation project is now the Japanese and Vietnamese governments paying for IKC to install solar panels on their own pellet factory. | A JCM Model Project for FY2020 Project approval announced 1/14/2021 Target completion date: First half of 2022 | https://www.idemitsu.com/en/news/2020/210114.html | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Active | 2022 | Development and Demonstration of a CFB (Circulating Fluidized Bed) Boiler utilizing palm residue as a biomass fuel in Southeast Asia | ・SHI | ・JCM Financing Programme to Demonstrate Decarbonization Technology for Realizing Co-Innovation | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | Development and demonstration of EFB pretreatment and fuel handling system using fluidized air, demonstration of efficient combusion of lower-grade biomass fuel, development and demonstration of stable operation system. Also "also aims to develop an IPP business model for the local production and local consumption of unutilized biomass resources." | https://gec.jp/innovation/R3-2/case_R3-2-1_en.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Completed | 2008 | Jatropha Biofuel and Power Generation Project in Cambodia | ・GEC ・Green Energy Co. Ltd. (SPC, tentative name) ・JBEDC ・JDI ・Japanese company (unnamed, provisional) | ・MOE Feasibility Study (FS) Programme on Climate Change Mitigation Activities/Projects JBIC | ・CBEDC ・PPSEZ ・CSL ・CEC | Cambodia | ・Supply chain | Purpose grown (jatropha seeds) | Feasibility study. Project aims to develop a biofuel supply chain that maximzes local benefits and provides biofuel without government subsidies. Project does not directly develop biofuel production, instead guarantees the long-term purchase from a subsidiary company of the project's participant. Aims to supply biofuel for two additional HFO generators in PPSEZ with a total capacity of 13 MW. Majority of SPC will be Japanese stakeholders. | PPO production slated to meet full demand for the 2 generators in question during year 6 after the start of the project (i.e., 2015). Crediting period started in 2011. Even though duration of project was 15 years, "due to uncertainty of biomass the biomass fuel development in Cambodia" JBIC loan was a 10-year 1-time loan. | https://gec.jp/eng/cdm-fs/2008/200815JDI_eCambodia_rep.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
14 | Postponed | 3/2013 | Expansion of Indramayu Coal-Fired Power Plant (Unit 4) | ・JICA ODA loan | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Power generation (1,000 MW) | ・Woody (pellets) ・Palm oil waste (EFB) ・Agri waste (rice husks) | US$88 million overseas development aid loan to support funding for construction of unit 4. Indramay has been cofiring with biomass since 2021. This doc doesn't mention biomass specifically, but does link JiCA to the project (https://www.jica.go.jp/Resource/english/our_work/social_environmental/id/asia/southeast/indonesia/c8h0vm00009r3df6-att/c8h0vm0000c2ym9y.pdf) https://trendasia.org/en/big-bad-biomass-international-action-protests-in-indonesia-against-biomass-co-firing/ | Start date: 3/2013 Slated end date: 10/2022 In 2017, Indonesian government revoked permits for land development for plant expansion In June 2022, Japan announced it would stop funding for this and other coal-fired power plants in Indonesia As of May 2023, PT PLN classifies project as "postponed" | https://www.jica.go.jp/Resource/english/our_work/social_environmental/id/asia/southeast/indonesia/c8h0vm00009r3df6.html | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Completed | FY2017 | Producing Biomass Energy and Material through Revegetation of Alang-alang (Imperata cylindrica) Field | ・SATREPS ・Kyoto University | ・BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency) | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | Purpose grown (alang-alang) | Afforestation research project with aim to convert land where tropical forests have been felled into grasslands of a type with a high lignin contant suitable as biomass fuel. | Start date: 7/2016 End date: 7/2022 A 5-year research project. Listed as "terminated," but presumably that's because project was completed. | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2704_indonesia.html | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Completed | 3/13/2017 | The Project for Comprehensive Conversion of Biomass and Waste to Super Clean Fuels by New Solid Catalysts | ・SATREPS ・JICA | ・NRE ・CU (Chulalongkorn University) ・PTT | Thailand | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody (eucalyptus) ・Agri waste (cassava root, corn cobs) | Planned outputs: "1. A synthesis gas (for use in transportation vehicles in Thailand) production technology from biomass and waste resources is developed. 2. Production technologies such as biofuel by catalytic conversion are developed. 3. Proposals for social implementation are made by verification of the Project products and formulation of a whole system." Japan's inputs to project are: dispatch of experts, machinery and equipmen, and training in Japan JICA to provide initial equipment, Thailand to supply replacement machinery, spare parts, etc. | Start date: 8/2017 End date initially slated to be 8/2022, but project faced delays d/t pandemic. 7/2022: Successful biomethanol production from eucalyptus chips announced and next project step announced to be research on the production of bio-LPG and bio gasoline from cassava roots and corn cobs. | https://www.jica.go.jp/Resource/project/english/thailand/035/index.html | |||||||||||||||||
17 | Active | FY2018 | Sustainable Replantation of Oil Palm by Adding Value to Oil Palm Trunk through Scientific and Technological Innovation | ・IHI ・NIES ・Panasonic ・Nissin-Shoji ・JIRCAS | ・SATREPS ・Hiroshima University | ・USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia) ・MPOB (Malaysian Palm Oil Board) ・FRIM (Forest Research Institute Malaysia) ・SIRIM (Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia) | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (OPT) | "This project is conducting scientific and economic assessments of the impact of OPT abandonment, and attempts to transform OPT into a more valuable resource by developing technology for producing a range of high-value-added products, including biogas and biodegradable materials." | Start date: 3/2019 Stated end date: 3/2024 | https://satreps-opt.com/ | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Active | 5/16/2014 | Olive Energy Palm Waste to Electricity Power Plant | ・SHI | ・Olive Energy (SPC) ・Rinwood Relita Plantation Sdn Bhd ・SESCO (Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation) | Malaysia | ・Power generation (13 MW) | ・Palm oil waste | Mukah Power Plant. SMI will provide 100% performance bond for plant. Olive Energy has worked with SHI for the past 15 years. See Company profile doc on homepage top. | License granted 5/16/2014 Target start date of operation was 9/1/2017 Project active but incomplete as of 3/28/2023 | https://www.oliveenergy.com.my/ | |||||||||||||||||
19 | Completed | 2/13/2008 | Construction and operation of two 11.5MW biomass power plants in Kuching and Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia | ・AMC | ・Mas Gading Green Energy Sdn. Bhd. ・Mukah Green Energy Sdn. Bhd. ・Titan Energy (USA) | Malaysia | ・Power generation (23 MW combined) | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | A bundled project which involves the construction and operation of two 11.5MW biomass power plants in Sarawak, Malaysia (Kuching and Mukah). A UN CDM project. | Start date: 10/26/2007 Crediting period: a 7-year initial crediting period with the option to renew for a second 7-year period Target: online by 12/2009 Expected operation lifetime of project activity: 21 years | https://www.jqa.jp/service_list/environment/file/biomass_power_plants_2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
20 | Active | 5/18/2023 | The Project for Development of Integrated Bio-circular Economy from Food and Energy Estate Waste Fraction to Biofuel and Bio-chemicals | ・SATREPS ・Kobe University | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Unspecified | Very recently announced so not many details yet. | A 5-year reseach project | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/r0505_indonesia.html | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | Completed | FY2013 | Development of a Model System for Fluidized Bed Catalytic Gasification of Biomass Wastes and Following Liquid Fuel Production in Indonesia | ・SATREPS ・Gunma University | ・BPPT (Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology) ・Yayasan Dian Desa ・ITB | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste | .".. Aims to develop a biomass wastes gasification process based on fluid catalytic cracking that makes use of clay catalyst, as well as a process that synthesizes methanol from the product gas." | A 5-year research project Listed as Terminated (presumably because it was completed) | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2501_indonesia.html | |||||||||||||||||
22 | Active | FY2020 | Discover the power of microbial symbiosis and help realize a resource-recycling society | ・NIES ・Saraya | ・Kyoto University ・Tohoku University ・Osaka University ・Hokkaido University ・University of Yamanashi | ・Kasetsart University ・Khon Kaen University ・Chulalongkorn University ・Mahidol University ・Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University ・BIOTECNANOTEC ・Advanced GreenFarm | Thailand | ・Fuel prod | ・Purpose-grown (duckweed) | Aims to "Contribute to the construction of a sustainable society by utilizing plants in the Lemnaceae family (duckweeds) . . . 4) manufacture biofuels, bioplastics, and livestock feeds" | A 5-year research project | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/r0204_thailand.html | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Completed | FY2013 | Development of Clean and Efficient Utilization of Low Rank Coals and Biomass by Solvent Treatment | ・Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry ・Kobe Steel, Ltd. | ・Kyoto University ・Akita University | ・JGSEE-KMUTT (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi) ・PTT | Thailand | ・Fuel prod | ・Agri waste (rice straw) | "This project aims to achieve efficient dewatering and upgrading of low-grade carbon resources by treating them with solvents under mild conditions of about 350°C and 2 MPa, and to manufacture useful products from the clean materials that are produced by the solvent treatment. ... Researchers have discovered that a solvent treatment can convert them into upgraded materials that can be used to efficiently manufacture carbon fiber and liquid fuel." | A 5-year research project Listed as Terminated (presumably because it was completed) | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2504_thailand.html | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Completed | FY2011 | Multi-beneficial Measure for Mitigation of Climate Change in Vietnam and Indochina Countries by Development of Biomass Energy | ・JIRCAS | ・SATREPS ・Osaka Prefecture ・Ehime University ・Osaka City University | ・VNU-Hanoi (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) ・"Etc." | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod | ・Purpose- grown (jatropha, rubber seed, etc.) | Afforestation project. "The goal of this project is to plant trees in the devastated land and use them to produce oil as a feedstock for fossil-fuel alternatives, manufacturing clean fuels that can be used in urban areas." | A 5-year research project Listed as Terminated (presumably because it was completed) | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2304_vietnam.html | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Completed | FY2009 | Sustainable Integration of Local Agriculture and Biomass Industries | ・NARO | ・SATREPS ・University of Tokyo | ・HCMUT (Hochiminh City University of Technology) ・"Etc." | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod | ・Agri waste (rice straw) | We are constructing biomass utilization systems that integrate well with farming communities, focusing in particular on manufacturing bioethanol from rice straw and biogas from domestic animal manure. | A 5-year research project Listed as Terminated (presumably because it was completed) | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/h2106_vietnam.html | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Active | FY2022 | Development of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment System for Sustainable Energy Production and Resource Recovery based on Material Innovation | ・SATREPS ・Nagoya Institute of Technology | ・Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (POME) | Details TBA | A 5-year research project | https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/kadai/r0403_malaysia.html | |||||||||||||||||
27 | Completed | 8/28/2013 | Project for Improvement of Livelihood for the Farmers in Mountainous Areas (2nd Year) | ・PARCIC ・Peace Winds Japan | ・MAFF Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO Projects | Timor-Leste | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified (likely agri waste from coffee plantations) | "PARCIC will attempt to install biomass plant for Maubesi famers as a new technology which will be contribute to save the energy more efficiently. ... Peace Winds Japan will implement the conversion from the coffee trees which is decreasing their productivity to new coffee plantlets and transfer the knowledge to develop the quality of coffee." | https://www.timor-leste.emb-japan.go.jp/ggp71_e.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | Active | 3/29/2023 | Credit Line for Vietcombank under GREEN Operations Supporting Renewable Energy Projects in Vietnam | ・Mizuho Bank ・Joyo Bank, Ltd. ・Shiga Bank, Ltd. | ・VCFF (Vietnam Climate Finance Framework) ・JBIC | ・Vietcombank | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | This credit line is in addition to the $200 million one signed in 2019. "A loan agreement to set up a credit line totaling up to USD300 million. ... "This credit line is intended to finance, through Vietcombank, renewable energy projects in Vietnam, as part of JBIC's GREEN operations" | https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/information/press/press-2022/0329-017547.html | |||||||||||||||||
29 | Active | 11/15/2022 | MOU: Supporting Collaboration between Pertamina and Japanese Companies in Clean Energy Sectors | ・JBIC | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "The MOU aims to promote collaboration between Pertamina and Japanese companies in such sectors as renewable energy, hydrogen and ammonia value chains, CCS*1, and green mobility, through strengthened cooperation between JBIC and Pertamina." PLN's long-term energy transition plan has 8 initiatives, one of which is biomass co-firing, so the loan can presumably be used to fund those projects. | https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/information/press/press-2022/1115-016992.html | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Active | 12/15/2022 | Loan to Pertamina, National Oil Company of Indonesia, under GREEN Operations | ・Mitsubishi (MUFG) ・Chiba Bank, Ltd. | ・JETP ・JBIC | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "The loan is intended to provide Pertamina with the necessary funds for renewable energy projects in Indonesia, under JBIC’s GREEN operations." PT PLN's long-term energy transition plan has 8 initiatives, one of which is biomass co-firing, so the loan can presumably be used to fund those projects. | https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/information/press/press-2022/1215-017136.html | |||||||||||||||||
31 | Active | 6/15/2019 | 200-million-USD loan agreement to support Renewable Energy Projects in Vietnam (green growth and environmental protection) | ・Mizuho Bank, Ltd. ・Joyo Bank, Ltd.. ・Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. ・Mitsubishi MUFG | ・JBIC | ・Vietcombank | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | The facility is comprised of a senior unsecured loan provided by JBIC and 4 commercial lender | Loan term of up to 14 years | https://portal.vietcombank.com.vn/en-Us/News/Pages/home.aspx?ItemID=6215 | ||||||||||||||||
32 | Active | 4/24/2021 | Maliau wood pellet plant construction | ・METI FIT scheme | ・MBAP (30% owned by IKC) | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody (eucalyptus, kalinda, sengon) | First wood pellet plant the company has built; intends to export pellets to Japan | Construction slated to start 12/2022 Target: Plant operations start early 2024 | https://www.sustainable-carbon.org/indonesias-mbap-to-build-its-first-wood-pellet-plant/ | |||||||||||||||||
33 | Completed | 12/2017 (publication date) | Preparation of ASEAN Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Handbook for Power Plant, ver. 2 | ・JCOAL | ・ACE (Asean Center for Energy) | Various | ・Power generation | ・Various | A 253-page handbook aiming "to provide a deeper insight and updated information on the status and plans of the AMS concerning the promotion and opportunities for the deployment of coal and clean coal technology, while also detailing the best practices and trends in CCT application and development in Japan that may also find suitable application in the AMS." | Published 12/2017 | https://www.jcoal.or.jp/eng/upload/ASEANCCTHandbook_V2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
34 | Active | 3/23/2023 | MOU: MHI and PLN Nusantara Power to Jointly Investigate Co-Firing with Hydrogen, Ammonia and Biomass in Indonesia’s Power Plants | ・Mitsubishi MHI | ・AZEC Public-Private Investment Forum) | ・PLN NP | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "Studies at Muara Karang Power Plant to examine hydrogen co-firing in a natural gas-fired turbine, and ammonia co-firing in a gas-fired boiler. ･ Study at Paiton Coal-Fired Power Plant to evaluate technological feasibility of biomass co-firing." | https://www.mhi.com/news/23032302.html | |||||||||||||||||
35 | Completed | 3/2022 publication date | Preparation of Data Collection Survey on Power Sector in Indonesia for Decarbonization | ・TEPCO PG ・TEPCO HD ・JERA ・TEPSCO | ・JICA | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Various | A study report presenting a roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. The report recommends 3 priority support measures: feasibility studies and demonstration tests on ammonia cofiring, biomass cofiring, and support for institutional design of cofiring. | Published 3/2022 | https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12342481.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
36 | Completed | 3/30/2022 (presentation date) | Presentation of a policy proposal to the Government of Indonesia to promote the adoption of biomass co-firing at the country's thermal power plants | ・Mitsubishi Power | ・PT PLN ・ITB | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Wood pellets ・Unspecified | "The proposal is a result of deliberations conducted since a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was concluded by an industry-academia collaborative team in September 2020. . . Existing thermal power facilities at Paiton Unit 1 and Suralaya Unit 2 earmarked for pilot study of co-firing with high biomass ratio" | Presented 3/30/2022 | https://power.mhi.com/news/20220330.html | |||||||||||||||||
37 | Active | 3/3/2023 | MOU to further strengthen the cooperation in the power sector between NEXI and MME in Cambodia. | ・AZEC Public-Private Investment Forum ・NEXI | ・MME (Ministry of Mines and Engergy) | Cambodia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Aims to support MME in its efforts to achieve a realistic energy transition. The signing of the MOU is anticipated to create and facilitate Japanese business opportunities in Cambodia by introducing Japanese companies’ technologies and exchanging views on potential projects in which Japanese businesses can participate. Language directly related to biomass (as stated in press release): "For the Government to identify priority technologies among sectors, such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, grid connection, natural gas, biomass, hydrogen and ammonia, and CCUS, in a roadmap to be prepared for achieving zero emissions by 2050." | https://www.nexi.go.jp/en/topics/newsrelease/2023030201.html | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | Active | 4/25/2022 | NEXT MOU (and later Amendment) with PT PLN | ・METI Asia Green Growth Partnership Ministerial Meeting Public-Private Forum ・NEXI | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | NEXI "will provide financing support of a maximum of USD 500 million for PT PLN, state-owned utility company in the Republic of Indonesia, as a part of Asian Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Concept. Furthermore, NEXI will introduce Japanese technologies to PT PLN. " | Amendment signed 3/23/2023 | Original MOU: https://www.nexi.go.jp/en/topics/newsrelease/2022042206.html Amendment: https://www.nexi.go.jp/en/topics/newsrelease/2023030101.html | |||||||||||||||||
39 | Active | 9/22/2022 | Joint Study of 100% Electricity Supply from Renewable Energy Based Power Plants in Remote Areas | ・Kyudenko | ・JICA | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Power generation | Palm oil residues | "This cooperation will contribute to Indonesia's effort to reduce emission while also increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix through the promotion of low-carbon energy production and the use of locally-available renewable energy resources." Biomass seems a likely candidate for "locally available renewable energy sources." | MOU signed 9/22/2022 Preparatory survey published May 2023 | https://www.jica.go.jp/Resource/indonesia/english/office/others/press220922.html https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/1000050262.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
40 | Active | 3/8/2023 | MoU on cooperation between PLN Nusantara Power/IFHE/IHI | ・IHI | METI (AZEC Public Private Investment Forum) | ・IFHE ・PLN NP | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "To form a comprehensive cooperative framework for the construction of a clean energy-based power system in Indonesia. Contents include the production and utilization of hydrogen & ammonia, biomass cofiring & mono-firing, and performance improvements of existing thermal power plants." Likely agricultural waste b/c IHI is already involved in research on that with ITB (see entry in Tracker). | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2022/resources_energy_environment/1198212_3488.html | |||||||||||||||||
41 | Active | 3/2023 | MOU on feedstock supply for decarbonizing Indonesia gas grid | ・JGC ・Osaka Gas ・INPEX | ・AZEC Public Private Investment Forum | ・PTPN ・PGN | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (POME) | "Contributing to carbon neutrality by recovering methane emitted from the palm oil industry, a key sector in Indonesia, and promoting the use of clean biomethane fuel." | Feasibility assessment to conclude by end of 2023 | https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/pdf/0306_002a.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
42 | Active | 3/2023 | The Effective Utilization of Palm Oil Waste | ・JGC | ・AZEC Public Private Investment Forum | ・Gas Malaysia (joint venture between GMB and TGES) | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (woody, EFB, POME) | "Agreement to conduct a feasibility study on the production and sales of biofuels and biochemicals through effective utilization of unutilized wastes (POME, EFB, waste wood, etc.) generated by the palm oil industry in order to promote decarbonization in Malaysia" | Target: Detailed project plan and scheme to be developed by end of 2023, with view to establishing and SPC | https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/pdf/0306_002a.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
43 | Active | 3/2023 | MOU: Development of Biofuel Technology and Value Chain Management for Power Generation | ・AZEC Public Private Investment Forum | ・TTCL ・EGAT | Thailand | ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified | MOU signed at AZEC Public Private Investment Forum. "Toward the realization of decarbonization target in Thailand, TTCL Public Company Limited (TTCL) and Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand（EGAT) wish to strengthen their relationship and cooperate with each other in order to study and exchangethe information and ideas relating the potential business opportunity, joint investment, market targeting, procurement, and the supply chain of biofuel cycle within the area including source of biofuel, biofuel processing/production, management, storage, transportation, and client." Aim appears to be the implementation of biomass cofiring at the Mae Moh plant. | https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2023/pdf/0306_002a.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | Active | 7/6/2023 (construction started) | Erex Sakura Yen Bai biomass power plant construction and operation | ・Erex | ・AZEC Public Private Investment Forum | ・Yen Bai Province ・Sakura Green Energy joint Stock Company | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Woody (pellets, wood chips) | "Prior to the start of power plant operation, construction of a pellet plant to process the secured woody residues into pellets is scheduled to start." Pellet plant slated to produce 150,000 tons/year. Pellets will be sold to Japan as well as power plant here. | 7/6//2023: Groundbreaking ceremony for biomass fuel plant construction held. Construction expected to be completed 9/2024 | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/FY2024_First-Quarter_Financial_Results.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
45 | Active | 2/24/2023 | Tuyen Quang province biomass power plant and pellet plant construction and operation | ・Erex | ・AZEC Public Private Investment Forum | ・Tuyen Quang Province ・Sakura Green Energy joint Stock Company | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation (100 MW) | ・Woody | This investment and plan preceded 3/2023 MOU. In addition to !00 MW power plant, Erex also plans to build a biofuel production plant that will export to Japan. Prior to the start of power plant operation, construction of a pellet plant to process the secured woody residues into pellets is scheduled to start. Pellet plant slated t produce 150,000 tons/year. Pellets will be sold to Japa as well as power plant here. | Target: Start construction May 2023 As of 7/10/2023, project is said to be on track and currently sourcing fuel for plant. Groundbreaking ceremony for biomass fuel plant expected to be held summer 2023. Target: Complete constrution between September 2024 and March 2025. | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/FY2024_First-Quarter_Financial_Results.pdf https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2480365-japans-erex-builds-second-vietnam-wood-pellet-plant | ||||||||||||||||
46 | Active | 10/19/2020 | Palm oil plantations in Indonesia | ・Erex | ・DEI ・Erex Singapore (Singapore) | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod ・Supply chain | ・Palm oil waste (PKS) | Plantations are owned and operated by an Erex Group "partner company." Biomass is used as fuel for in house plants as well as sold to other companies. Company unnamed in presentation deck, but presumaly companies listed in this tracker (Source: https://www.erex.co.jp/en/news/information/241/) | Ongoing full-scale production | https://www.mizuhogroup.com/binaries/content/assets/pdf/americas/share/presentation-pdf_e.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
47 | Active | 9/13/2022 | Hau Guang biomass power plant and pellet plant construction and operation | ・Erex | ・JCM Facility Subsidy Business | ・Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Company 2 ・Son My Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company ・Ninh Thuan Agriculture & Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company ・Other Fuel Supply Company | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation (20 MW) | ・Agri waste (rice husks) | First commercial biomass power plant to be built in Vietnam, and Erex's first overseas biomass power generation project. Planned under PDP7, so not listed as one of Erex's 14 PDP8 power plant projects. | Project adoption by JCM announced 9/13/2022 Groundbreaking for plant construction took place 12/16/2022 Currently sourcing biomass to fuel plant, project stated to be on track as of 7/10/2023 (https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/IR_20230721.pdf) for operations to start in 2024, but company's Mid – Term Business Plan (FY March 2024 – FY March 2026) lists plant operations starting FY 2026 | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/news/pressrelease/435/ | ||||||||||||||||
48 | Active | 7/10/2023 | 14 New Construction Projects for PDP8 | ・Erex | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation (Total 1119 MW) | ・Woody ・Agri waste (rice husks) | Yen Bai and Tien Quang part of these 14, but labeled Priority Projects and the furthest along so appear separately in this tracker. Hau Guang power plant not included in this 14 because it was planned under PDP7. The 14 are: Yen Bai, Tien Quang, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Bac Kan, Thanh Hoa 2, Thanh Hoa 1, Quang Binh, Dak Lak, Can Tho, An Giang 1, An Giang 2, Long An, Binh Phuoc. "Prior to the start of power plant operation, construction of a pellet plant to process the secured woody residues into pellets is scheduled to start." Unclear if the pellet plants are 1:1 for each new Erex power plant in Vietnam, or if one larger pellet plant will supply several power plants. | See separate listings for Yen Bai and Tien Quang. Feasibility study underway at An Giang 1. Application process underway for other sites. Target: All 14 plants operational by 2030 (https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/IR_20230602.pdf ) | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/IR_20230721.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | Active | 7/10/2023 | Na Duong Thermal Power Plant conversion to biomass cofiring | ・Erex | Vinacomin Power | Vietnam | Power generation (55MW x 2) | ・Woody (wood chips) | Vietnam's first biomass cofiring "Conduct co-firing tests with co-firing rates of 5 ➡ 10 ➡ 15 ➡ 20%, and evaluate the impact on the boiler and conveyance system. " | Cofiring conversion trial slated for August-September 2023 but delayed to December 2023 as company needed more time to prepare As of 7/10/2023: "At this time, erex Group is unable to make specific future proposals, as no numerical targets for cofiring have been specified." | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/FY2024_First-Quarter_Financial_Results.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
50 | Active | 9/26/2022 | MOU with Vinacomin Power Holdings for Transition Project of Coal-Fired Power Plants and Construction of New Biomass Power Plants, etc. | ・Erex | ・MOE 2nd Asia Green Growth Partnership Ministerial Meeting | ・DTK | Vietnam | ・Power generation (Total 1585 MW) | "In order to contribute to the stabilization of electric power supply and the achievement of CO2 reduction targets in Vietnam, the Company has concluded an MOU with Vinacomin Power regarding the consideration of transition of existing coal-fired power plants owned or invested in by Vinacomin Power to biomass fuel co-firing or single-fuel firing, and construction of new biomass power plants and other facilities." Vinacomin has 6 coal-fired power plants in Vietnam, totaling 1585 MW of power generation. | "Na Duong Thermal Power Plant conversion to biomass cofiring" project listed separately above is in line with this MOU. Target: Convert 1.0 GW output of existing coal plants to cofiring or monofiring by 2030 (https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220920_Biomass.pdf ) | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/20220930_new_mou.pdf https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2480365-japans-erex-builds-second-vietnam-wood-pellet-plant | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Active | 3/2023 | Procurement and storage of biomass in Vietnam | ・Erex | Vietnam | ・Supply chain | ・Woody ・Agricultural waste (rice husks) | "Promoting to secure woody biofuels" and a warehouse for storage of "rice husks and other biomass fuels" | As of 3/2023, warehouse has been secured. Biomass procurement incomplete. | https://www.mizuhogroup.com/binaries/content/assets/pdf/americas/share/presentation-pdf_e.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | Active | 3/2023 | Stockpiles for Fuel Storage | ・Erex | Malaysia | ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified (presumed to be PKS) | Stockpile owned, contributing to stable fuel supply. | Ongoing as of 3/2023 | https://www.mizuhogroup.com/binaries/content/assets/pdf/americas/share/presentation-pdf_e.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | Active | 3/2023 | Stockpiles for Fuel Storage | ・Erex | DSN | Indonesia | ・Supply chain | Palm oil waste (PKS) | Stockpile owned, contributing to stable fuel supply | Ongoing as of 3/3023 | https://www.erex.co.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/SupplementaryMaterialsforthe1HofFYMarch3120216MonthsEndedSeptember302020.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
54 | Active | 3/8/2023 | Investigation to secure unused biomass fuels | ・Erex | Malaysia Indonesia | ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified | Investigations are underway for effective utilization of unused fuel. Task of securing it also mentioned. | Ongoing as of 3/2023 | https://www.mizuhogroup.com/binaries/content/assets/pdf/americas/share/presentation-pdf_e.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | Active | FY2011 | CDM FS for Biomass-based Power Generation Project in Cambodia, with Development of Standardised Baseline of Off-Grid Electricity Generation | ・JANUS | ・Hyogo University | ・Mekong Carbon Co., Ltd. ・National Authority of Preah Vihear | Cambodia | ・Power generation (50 MW) | ・Woody (selective logging) ・Purpose grown(napier grass) | Duration of project activity is 25 years, crediting 21 years. | https://gec.jp/en-cdm/2011cdmfs02/ | |||||||||||||||||
56 | Active | 11/2/2022 | MOU to commence three feasibility studies on co-firing less carbon intensive fuels at power plants owned and operated by Indonesia Power | ・Mitsubishi MHI | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Project consists of 3 studies: 1. Examines the technical and economic feasibility of co-firing up to 100% biomass at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant (CFPP). 2. Investigates co-firing of ammonia produced by existing ammonia plants in Indonesia. 3. Evaluates technical and economic feasibility of hydrogen co-firing in an M701F gas turbine at the Tanjung Priok gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) facility. | https://power.mhi.com/news/20221102.html | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | Active | 11/25/2022 | MOU for the Achievement of a Decarbonized Society in Vietnam | ・Marubeni | ・EVN | Vietnam | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "EVN and Marubeni will jointly study a wide range of decarbonization projects, including the decarbonization or carbon emission reduction of existing thermal power plants in Vietnam and the development of renewable energy and sustainable green energy such as biomass, ammonia, and hydrogen. Marubeni is the first company to sign an MOU with EVN focusing on the theme of decarbonization ..." | https://www.marubeni.com/en/news/2022/release/00090.html | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | Active | 2/17/2022 | MOU: Development of Decarbonization Projects in Indonesia | ・Marubeni | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody | "Through this MOU, PT Pertamina and Marubeni will work on joint development of a wide range of decarbonization projects, including a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (hereinafter, “BECCS”) project at Marubeni's pulp mill in Indonesia (*1), producing biomass fuel, and creating carbon credit from such projects." | https://www.marubeni.com/en/news/2022/release/00016.html?_ga=2.116324611.443054093.1693922929-453410406.1683960750&_gl=1*i0ko6j*_ga*NDUzNDEwNDA2LjE2ODM5NjA3NTA.*_ga_B6Y793ZF43*MTY5MzkyMjkyOS4yLjEuMTY5MzkyMzcxNC42MC4wLjA. | ||||||||||||||||||
59 | Active | 11/14/2018 | Expansion of solid biomass fuel business utilizing palm waste - Contributing to the Malaysian palm industry and promoting renewable energy - | ・IHI | ・IHI Solid Biomass Malaysia Snd BHD | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod ・Supply chain | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | "IHI Corporation（Headquarters :Koto Ward, Tokyo; President: Tsugio Mitsuoka, hereinafter "IHI") has established IHI SOLID BIOMASS MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. (hereinafter “ISBM”) in Malaysia in order to fully expand the manufacturing, export and sale of solid biomass fuel derived from Palm EFB (Empty Fruit Bunch), known as EFB pellets." | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2018/resources_energy_environment/1191900_2047.html | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | Active | 2/9/2022 | Joint Biomass Fuel Research to Cut CO₂ Emissions by Harnessing Agricultural Residues | ・IHI | ・ITB | Indonesia | ・Power generation ・Supply chain | ・Agri waste | "They are surveying the locations of existing thermal power plants in Java, where around 70% of the nation’s electricity is generated, with a view to streamlining access to agricultural residues. IHI will draw on its experience with plants in Japan to conduct co-firing experiments and undertake technical studies to increase biomass co-firing ratios and exclusive biomass firing. " | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2021/resources_energy_environment/1197662_3360.html | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | Active | 7/27/2022 | Joint study of issues in Indonesia’s thermal power sector and formulation of a tentative energy transition roadmap | ・IHI | ・METI AOTS (commissioning body) ・METI AMEICC | ・PJB | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Commissioned by AOTS for AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee . "Will evaluate the technological and economic feasibility of co-firing and ultimately mono-firing ammonia, biomass, and other fuels. IHI looks to apply this project as a model for decarbonization in other Southeast Asian countries." | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2022/resources_energy_environment/1198001_3488.html | |||||||||||||||||
62 | Active | 4/25/2022 | MOU to jointly verify the application of ammonia and biomass co-firing technologies and mono-firing technologies, and their economic feasibility | ・IHI | ・MOE Asian Green Growth Partnership Ministerial Meeting Public-Private Forum | ・PJB | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Mission described as "To jointly verify the application of ammonia and biomass co-firing technologies and mono-firing technologies, and their economic feasibility. "IHI and PJB will conduct technical studies on boilers at PJB’s Gresik Thermal Power Plant and others with a view to ammonia co-firing and mono-firing down the track. ... PLN, PJB, and IHI accordingly discussed specific measures for thermal power plants. A particular focus was ammonia, whose combustion does not produce carbon dioxide. Another was technologies for applying biomass at thermal power plants, a promising renewable energy source for Indonesia. These deliberations culminated in the accord." | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2022/resources_energy_environment/1197857_3488.html | |||||||||||||||||
63 | Completed | 10/7/2021 | Feasibility Study for the Ammonia-Biomass Co-firing Project in an Ultra-Supercritical Coal-fired Thermal Power Station in Malaysia and Development Survey in South East Asia | ・Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. ・IHI | ・METI Feasibility Studies on the Overseas Deployment of High-quality Infrastructure program | Malaysia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified (presumed to be EFB based on IHI's other Malaysia projects) | Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) selected Chugoku Eelctric Power and MItsui's joint initiative as a grant recipient under its FY2021 program of feasibility studies on the overseas deployment of high-quality infrastructure. In response to a request from those two companies, IHi will carry out this technical feasibility study. | Study planned to run through 2/2022 | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2021/resources_energy_environment/1197552_3360.html | |||||||||||||||||
64 | Active | 6/28/2023 | Power Generation Partnership to Create Decarbonization Roadmap in Coal-Fired Power Stations in Malaysia | ・IHI | ・TNB Genco (TNB Power Generation Sdn. Bhd.) | Malaysia | ・Power generation (Total 8,300 MW) | ・Unspecified (presumed to be EFB based on IHI's other Malaysia projects) | The next step after their joint feasibility study was successfully completed. "And as a result of this joint feasibility study, both parties have reached an agreement to materialize the decarbonization roadmap rapidly. As a next step, IHI and TNB Genco plan to conduct a basic design for the implementation of ammonia and biomass small-scale combusting and a further feasibility study of large-scale ammonia and biomass combusting. In parallel with the above-mentioned implementation, IHI and TNB Genco will proceed with capability-building development to accelerate the introduction of ammonia and biomass combustion technologies in the existing power stations ..." Genco owns 3 coal-fired power stations: Sultan Azlan Shah Power Station, Tuanku Muhriz, and Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz. | TNB Genco target: Decrease carbon intensity to 0.35 t-CO₂/MWh by 2035 | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2023/resources_energy_environment/1199835_3523.html | |||||||||||||||||
65 | Active | Loan for Share Acquisition of Philippine Company Aboitiz Power Corporation by JERA Co., Inc. | JERA | JBIC | ・Aboitiz Power | Philippines | Power generation (8.8 MW) | ・Agri waste (sugar cane) | JBIC signed a loan agreement with JERA, allowing them to acquire part of Aboitz Power, through a Singapore subsidiary. Aboitz is keen to transition to renewables but plants are predominantly coal, so moving into biomass. Biomass plant inLian, Batengas was first foray into biomass. | Batengas plant was shut down in 2018 due to raw material supply issues, as of 2020 still trying to sell. https://www.bworldonline.com/editors-picks/2019/11/11/263397/aboitizpower-finalizing-sale-of-biomass-plant/ https://www.philstar.com/business/2020/02/17/1993642/aboitiz-explores-options-batangas-biomass-plant As of 2021, plant remained unsold. Company claims buyers interested, but could not visit plant due to pandemic (https://www.philstar.com/business/2020/02/17/1993642/aboitiz-explores-options-batangas-biomass-plant) | https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/information/press/press-2021/1227-015711.html | |||||||||||||||||
66 | Completed | 7/27/2006 | MOU on the Kyoto Mechanisms with Malaysian RHB and JCF | ・JCF | ・JBIC | ・RHB | Malaysia | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified | "The MOU seeks to promote CDM projects through JBIC financing and to support acquisition by Japanese firms, including JCF, of emission credits (Certified Emission Reduction: CERs) generated from such projects. ... Malaysia signed the Kyoto Protocol in March 1999, and the Conservation and Environment Management Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment was assigned the Designated National Authority (DNA) in March 2003. In August 2003, the National Committee on CDM approved the government's CDM criteria. Following this move, private firms have laid their eyes on effective utilization of palm oil effluents and renewable energy sources (including biomass and solid waste in urban areas) as promising CDM projects." | https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/information/press/press-2006/0727-6407.html | |||||||||||||||||
67 | Active | 5/12/2022 | Biomethane Clean Gas Project Collaboration | ・Osaka Gas ・JGC ・INPEX | ・METI AETI | ・PT PLN | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (POME) | "Will collectively conduct project feasibility studies, including cooperation in the research and development of technology and solutions related to bio-methane production from POME sources located in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Later, the production of bio-methane will be channeled through Pertamina's gas network to meet the growing demand for natural gas as well as contribute to emission reductions." | https://pertamina.com/en/news-room/news-release/pertamina-osaka-gas-jgc-holdings-and-inpex-agree-to-collaborate-on-bio-methane-clean-gas-project | |||||||||||||||||
68 | Active | 3/8/2023 | Feasibility Study of Green Energy-Based Power System in Indonesia | ・IHI | ・AZEC Public-Private Investment Forum | ・PLN NP | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "Other wide-ranging explorations of decarbonization issues under this initiative will include jointly looking into co-firing or mono-firing ammonia and biomass at PLN NP thermal power plants and enhancing performances at existing thermal power plants." | https://www.ihi.co.jp/en/all_news/2022/resources_energy_environment/1198212_3488.html | |||||||||||||||||
69 | Completed | FY2018 | Biomass and Coal Co-combustion in the ASEAN Region report for the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) | ・JCOAL | ・ERIA (commissioning body) | Indonesia Philippines | ・Power generation | ・Various | A 2-phase report. Phase 1 was published 12/2019. ERIA is based in Indonesia, but report claims to be applicable to all AMS. The report "we compared two cases: case 1 focuses on Indonesia as a biomass-rich and coal-producing country; and case 2 focuses on the Philippines as a biomass-rich and coal-importing country. " | Phase 2 published 4/7/2021 | https://www.jcoal.or.jp/eng/news/2021/0407.html | |||||||||||||||||
70 | Completed | 7/11/2023 (publication date) | Study on the Applicability of CCT for a Comprehensive and Optimal Carbon-neutral Solution in ASEAN report for the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) | ・JCOAL | ・ERIA (commissioning body) | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Various | ERIA is based in Indonesia, but report claims to be applicable to all AMS. A 2-phased study. Phase 1 results "show that biomass and coal co-combustion is not feasible under the current tariff situation; it will require putting into place the right incentives such as a feed-in tariff or other kinds of incentives. In the next study, therefore, further consideration shall be given to identifying tailor-made country-specific models with optimal capacity and technologies as well as appropriate incentives." | Published 7/11/2023 | https://www.jcoal.or.jp/eng/news/2023/0711.html | |||||||||||||||||
71 | Completed | 10/14/2004 | ASEAN Biomass R&D Integrated Strategy project | ・METI AIST ・MAFF (JIRCAS + 5 other administrative institutions) | Thailand Vietnam Malaysia Others | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation ・Supply chain | ・Various | "A surveillance study has been initiated to utilize the biomass resources in the ASEAN region through the “ASEAN Biomass R&D Integrated Strategy” in collaboration with research organizations in the ASEAN countries by building an all-Japan organization." | Last planned specific event was a workshop on 1/20/2005 in Tsukuba. | https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/list/latest_research/2004/20041014/20041014.html | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | Active | 10/4/2022 | JIRCAS Dream Biomass Solutions, Inc. institute-related venture company formed | ・JIRCAS Dream Biomass Solutions | ・JIRCAS | Various | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste | "JIRCAS promotes the establishment of institute-related venture businesses to contribute to the dissemination of research results developed by its research staff. ... This venture company plans to develop a commercialization consulting business, plant design, construction support, operation support, and product sales business for the production of fuels and materials from unused oil palm biomass using the “raw material diversification processing” treatment process developed by a joint research group consisting of JIRCAS, private companies and universities from Japan and overseas." | https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/release/2022/press202216 | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | Completed | FY2021 | City-to-City Collaboration Project for the Realization of a Zero-Carbon Society (Project for realizing decarbonized transportation utilizing biofuel and developing a decarbonized city by the spread of renewable energy） | ・JANUS | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Toyama City | Malaysia | ・Power generation | ・Palm oil waste (POME) | Discusses how to use biomass power generation to earn carbon credits. | Report published 3/2022 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_MYS_2021_02.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
74 | Completed | FY2021 | City-to-City Collaboration Programme for Zero-Carbon Society Support for the Realization of Zero-Carbon Society to Achieve Thailand 4.0 | ・Nippon Koei Ltd. | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Osaka City | Thailand | ・Fuel prod | Palm oil waste (POME) | "... effective utilization of biomass and biogas is expected as an activity contributing to low carbon and zero carbon in the EEC." Recommends Osaka Gas's biomass processing tech to refine biogas for use in city. | Report published 3/2022 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_THA_2021_01.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
75 | Completed | 11/17/2017 | Pilot Project Launched in Thailand to Explore Biogas Refining and Vehicle Natural Gas Fuel Supply for Future Commercial Usage | ・Osaka Gas | ・ABC (Agriculture of Basin Company Limited) | Thailand | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Palm oil waste (POME) | "Pilot study to ascertain the feasibility of supplying natural gas to vehicles by continuously removing carbon dioxide and other impurities from biogas generated mainly from agricultural waste, and refining it into high purity methane gas, thus realizing a future commercial operation." | Commercialization completed | https://www.osakagas.co.jp/en/whatsnew/1266982_11885.html | |||||||||||||||||
76 | Completed | FY2021 | Intercity Collaborative Project for Actualizing a Decarbonized Society in 2021 (Project for helping develop a future city for attaining SDGs based on the intercity collaboration project among Toyama City, Bali, and Semarang) | ・JANUS | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Toyama City | Indonesia | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Recommends " Renewable energy, including biomass, nuclear, hydro, solar, and wind" to make up 5% of region's total power production by 2025. | Report published 3/2022 Target: By 2025, renewables (including biomas) make up 5% of region's power generation | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_IDN_2021_01.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
77 | Completed | FY2019 | City-to-City Collaboration Programme for Zero-Carbon Society Project to Promote Development of Circular Economy and 2050 Zero Carbon City in Riau Province Region | ・Nippon Koei Ltd. ・Aura Green Energy ・Daicel-Evonik Ltd. ・Air Water Inc. ・Kowa Company ・Nanofuel Co. Ltd. | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Kawasaki City | ・Pekanbaru City ・Rokan Hulu Regency ・National Oil Palm Company, PT. Perkebunan Nusantara ・PT. Gistec Prima Energindo (Local partner of Aura Green Energy ・PT. Gikoko Kogyo Indonesia ・PT PN5 ・Trans Metro Pekanbaru | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Palm oil waste | Under this umbrella project, "1-1) Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) biomass power plant project, 1-2) Project for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) biogas utilization and 1-3) BDF glycerol fuel project were implemented as projects contributing to formulation of circular economy in palm oil sector." Also, a Kawasaki-based company introduced their biomass power generation technology to Indonesian government officials as part of project. | Project happened in 4 rounds: FY2019, FY2020 and FY2021, and FY2022. Most recent report published March 2022 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_IDN_2021_03.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
78 | Completed | ? | Study of Biomass Potential for Energy Use in Indonesia | ・NEDO | Indonesia | ・Power generation ・Supply chain | ・Palm oil waste | Study appears to have been conducted in-house. Purpose not specified, but considering the level of detail, surely the company has plans to enter into biomass trade or power in Indonesia? NEDO has previously conducted JCM demonstration projects for carbon credits in Indonesia, just not biomass-based (https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2020/0120_003.html ) | Report completed | https://www.nedo.go.jp/content/100920641.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
79 | Completed | FY2021 | Project to Promote the Formation of an Autonomous Decarbonized Society through City-to-City Collaboration between Hiroshima Prefecture and Soc Trang Province, Vietnam Report | ・E-Square Inc. | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Hiroshima Prefecture | ・Soc Trang Province | Vietnam | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | "Through the efforts of the " City-to-City Collaboration Council of Hiroshima-Soc Trang" the potential for new large-scale investment in projects related to renewable energy was identified. Onshore and offshore wind power (total capacity: 12,849 MW) Solar power generation (total capacity: 7,956 MW) Biomass power (total capacity 125 MW) We will continue to exchange information with the Soc Trang Province on these plans and explore the possibility of participation." | Report published 3/10/2022 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_VNM_2021_04.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
80 | Completed | 6/25/2018 | Biomass power project and Micro Hydropower project in Mindanao | ・Chodai Co. Ltd. | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Hiroshima Prefecture | Phillipines | ・Power generation (2.5 MW) | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | The pre-feasibility study for the Biomass Project was conducted in FY2015, and the feasibility study is completed in FY2017. Both studies received support of METI | https://www.chodai.co.jp/en/news/2018/06/014244.html | ||||||||||||||||||
81 | Completed | FY2017 | Project to accelerate low carbonization in Hai Phong City(Feasibility study on low carbonization project mainly through Eco Park in Vietnam | ・NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Kitakyushu City | ・Hai Phong | Vietnam | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Project activities included: "Preparation for the equipment subsidy of heat supply business using biomass" and "preparation for the equipment subsidy of a biomass boiler" | Report published 2/2018 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_VNM_2017_01.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
82 | Completed | FY2017 | City-to-City Collaboration Programme for Low-Carbon Society Project to Realize and Expand Low Carbonization Model Projects in Ecological Industrial Town by Using JCM in Chiangmai Province | ・NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Kitakyushu City | ・Chiangmai City | Thailand | ・Power generation | ・Agri waste ・Food waste | Vision is implementation of an "Eco-Industrial Town." One acitivity proposed to realized this vision is "Creation of Replacement Project from fossil fuels to Biomass emitted from facilities" | Report published 2/2018 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_THA_2017_03.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
83 | Completed | FY2015 | Study for building a sustainable low carbon city around the industrial zone in Pathein City, Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar | ・Mitsubishi (MRI) ・Fujita Corporation | ・Feasibility Studies on JCM Projects towards Environmentally Sustainable Cities in Asia | ・Pathein City | Myanmar | ・Power generation (2-3 MW) | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | Study proposed a biomass power generation plant to fuel industrial zone. Proposal was adopted as JCM project in 2016, but power geneation capacity reduced and planned to only fuel rice mill. | Report published 3/2016 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/15eng_MMR_H27_15.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
84 | Completed | 3/2016 (pub. date) | A Survey on Feasibility of Torrefaction System Using Biomass in Indonesia | ・JCOAL | ・METI | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Unspecified | Published 3/2016 | https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I027523192-00 | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | Completed | 3/2016 (pub. date) | Feasibility Study on the REDD+ Project with Minimizing Forest Disturbances by Enhanced Diversity and Competitiveness of Wood Products Including Wood Chips) Final report | ・Kanematsu | ・METI | Vietnam | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody (wood chips, etc.) | Published 3/2016 | https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I027531481-00 | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | Completed | FY2015 | JCM Project Formulation Study through City-to-City Collaboration in Yangon | ・Nippon Koei Co., Ltd | ・Large-scale JCM Feasibility Study ・Kawasaki City | ・Yangon City | Myanmar | ・Power generation | ・Unspecified | Biomass power generation listed as a technology to be introduced in the 2016 report. This collaboration project continued in future years, but in later reports (eg., the 2021 report), biomass was no longer listed. | Published 3/2016 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/14eng_MMR_H27_14.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
87 | Completed | FY2016 | Feasibility Study of Joint Crediting Mechanism Project by City to City Collaboration (Phnom Penh City Climate Change Strategic Action Plan (Kitakyushu City - Phnom Penh City Collaboration Project)) | ・Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd. ・Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society | ・Feasibility Studies on JCM Projects towards Environmentally Sustainable Cities in Asia) ・Kitakyushu City | ・Phnom Penh City | Cambodia | ・Power generation | ・Agri waste ・Livestock waste | Report recommends diversifying power generation sources to include biomass. | Published 3/2017 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_KHM_2016_03-1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||
88 | Completed | FY2015 | JCM Project Formulation Study for Realizing Low Carbon Cities in Asia (Project for Developing Low-carbon Tourism Cities through the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Siem Reap) | ・JDI ・Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan ・Asian Gateway Corporation | ・JCM Project Formulation Study | Cambodia | ・Power generation ・Supply chain | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | Studied feasibility of building central rice husk biomass power geneation plant that would source rice husks from several regions. | Published 3/2016 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/06eng_KHM_H27_06.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
89 | Completed | FY2020 | FY2020 City to City Collaboration for Zero-carbon Society Promotion Project for Formulation of Circulating and Ecological Economy in Local Cities in Myanmar | ・Mitsubishi (MRI) ・Fujita Corporation | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Fukushima City | Myanmar | ・Fuel prod ・Power generation | ・Woody | Project recommends decentralized power for region. Builds on a previous rice husk power plant project in area by Fujita and MHI. In this report, they conclue rice husks are not a practical fuel for the region."As the next step, it is necessary to realize a distributed power generation project that meets the actual conditions of the area, such as electricity demand and available biomass. Specifically, since rice husks need to be made into pellets, which is not cost effective, consideration of gasification of woody biomass for power generation is promising (ideas: cultivation of fast-growing trees, conversion to fuel, regeneration of mangroves, conversion to fuel in managed areas)." | Report published 3/2021 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_MMR_2020_04.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
90 | Completed | FY2019 | City-to-City Collaboration Program for Low Carbon Society Promotion Project of Low-carbon Regional Development in Sagaing Region | ・Mitsubishi (MRI) ・Fujita Corporation | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Fukushima City | Myanmar | ・Power generation | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | "A Japanese company and a Myanmar company will form an SPC as a power generation facility to be constructed at an industrial park and a rice milling plant in the Shwebo district of Sagaing Region, with the aim of early commencement of a 3.6 MW biomass power generation project using rice husks as a raw material. " | Report published 3/2020 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_MMR_2019_03.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
91 | Completed | FY2019 | City-to-City Collaboration Program for Low Carbon Society Promotion Project for Formulation of Circulating and Ecological Economy in Ayeyarwady Region | ・Mitsubishi (MRI) ・Fujita Corporation | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Fukushima City | Myanmar | ・Power generation (3.6 MW) | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | "A step-by-step approach toward building a local distributed power system with the help of biomass power projects and other technologies like solar energy management systems will be examined. ... As a power plant to be installed in the new industrial park (Pathein Industrial Park), achievement of an operation of about 3.6 MW scale biomass power plant using rice husks under the SPC established between Japanese and Myanmar local companies is aimed." | Report published 3/2020 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_MMR_2019_04.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
92 | Completed | FY2017 | City to City Collaboration Program for the Realization of Low-Carbon Society (Project for the Development of Low Carbonization in Mandalay Region, through Introduction of Saving Energy Technologies and Renewable Energies 〔Kitakyushu City- Mandalay City Collaboration Project〕) | ・Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd. ・NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting ・Kitakyushu Asia Center for Low Caron Society | ・MOE City to City Collaboration ・Kitakyushu City | Myanmar | ・Power generation | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | "Survey for the development of a JCM subsidized project (biomass project group)" "... we have considered the use of biomass power generation equipment utilizing unused rice husk in this industrial zone to reduce fuels used for diesel generators or power consumption in offices in order to minimize CO2 emissions." | Report published 2/2018 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_MMR_2017_05.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
93 | Completed | FY2014 | Feasibility Study on Rice Husk Power Generation System for Low-carbon Communities in Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar | ・Mitsubishi (MRI) ・Fujita Corporation | ・Feasibility Studies on JCM Projects towards Environmentally Sustainable Cities in Asia ・Fukushima City | Myanmar | ・Power generation | ・Agri waste (rice husk) | "The survey examined the possibility of a project to establish an autonomous distributed energy system based on biomass (rice husk) power generation which provides power and heat to the local community in Ayeyarwady region ... " | Report published 3/2015 Led to small rice husk generation facility being built as part of another year's project | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_MMR_2014_01.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
94 | Completed | FY2016 | Report on the Commissioned Feasibility Study on FY2016 Large-Scale JCM Project for Reducing GHG Emissions from Energy Consumption (Project for refining BIO-CNG from waste at cassava and palm plants to use it as fuels for NGVs in the Kingdom of Thailand) | ・JRI | ・JCM | Thailand | ・Fuel prod | ・Agri waste (cassava) ・Palm oil waste | "A key material to be used in the project is biogas, which is produced through the fermentation of solid biomass or organic waste containing biomass at palm oil production plants and tapioca (made from cassava) plants in the Kingdom of Thailand. We examined the issue of increasing the concentration of CH4 in the biogas by Osaka Gas's biogas purification technology and selling the purified gas mainly for NGVs." | Report published February 2017 | https://www.env.go.jp/earth/coop/lowcarbon-asia/english/project/data/EN_THA_2016_04.pdf | |||||||||||||||||
95 | Active | 10/5/2021 | Establishment of Joint Venture with Thai PTT Group - Promoting decarbonization through on-site energy service business, LNG supply business, etc. | ・Tokyo Gas | ・Siam Management ・PTT＆TGES Optec Company Limited | Thailand | ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified | Tokyo Gas acquired SMH, then SMH partnered with TGES to form new compay OPTEC. Primarily a scheme to supply LNG, but also includes implementation of a "more advanced energy service," which includes biomass-fueled power, and provision of biomass equipment. | https://www.tokyo-gas.co.jp/news/press/20211005-01.html | ||||||||||||||||||
96 | Active | 6/5/2023 | NEXI signs MOU with MUFG on Accelerating Blended Finance in Asia | ・Mitsubishi (MUFG) | ・NEXI | Various | ・Fuel prog ・Power generation ・Supply chain | ・Unspecified | "Aims to promote the efforts by the two institutions to cooperate to establish a finance scheme utilizing blended finance to promote energy transition in Asia" in line with the Japanese governments Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Initiative. The AZEC Initiative promotes use of biomass as one method of reachin carbon neutrality. | https://www.nexi.go.jp/en/topics/newsrelease/2023060102.html | ||||||||||||||||||
97 | Planned | 5/9/2022 | Palm Factory Waste Liquid (POME) Power generation business (Indonesia Sumatra ) | ・Aura Green Energy | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Palm oil waste (POME) | Listed as a "business development for the future in their Company Overview" | No timeline specified | http://a-ge.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220509_companyoverview.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | Active | 11/2019 | Construction of Biomass Power Plant Using Palm Oil Residue on Sumatra island, Indonesia | ・Aura Green Energy | ・PT. Aura Energy Premanusa | Indonesia | ・Power generation (12 MW) | ・Palm oil waste (EFB) | Scheduled to start operation in 2021, but appears behind schedule. S&E re-assessment was conducted in September 2021. In November 2022, IIF made adjustments to the loan facility structure. | https://pt-aura.com/projects/ | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | Active | ? | Cultivation of raw materials suitable for pellet production near coal mines | ・IKC | Indonesia | ・Fuel prod | ・Woody (afforrested) | Company considers these efforts to fall under "rehabilitation of mining sites" and are "considering using existing infrastructure for producing and transporting biomass fuel." | No timeline specified | https://www.idemitsu.com/en/business/coal/environment.html | ||||||||||||||||||
100 | Completed | Completed 2019 | Buayai Biomass Thermal Power Plant | ・Toshiba | ・Buayai Bio. Power Co., Ltd. | Thailand | ・Power generation | ・Rice husk | Provision of steam turbine generator (STG) power plant co-generation facilities (STG) (55MW) | Completed 2019 | https://www.toshiba-tpsc.co.jp/english/archive/thermal-power-os.htm https://cdm.unfccc.int/UserManagement/FileStorage/ZSDX29AQOTR057FCJNBMU41ELPG8IV | |||||||||||||||||