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Companies in Japan are currently developing some biofuels which can be burned together with coal, as to cut the emissions of carbon dioxide. This might help the power plants lower the emissions without buying new equipment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Idemitsu Kosan, an oil distributor in Japan, has recently developed\u00a0a new type of pellet fuel made from compressed wood waste carbonized at a low temperature that can be burned in coal-fired plants. Plant-based biomass can be considered a carbon-neutral fuel, since burning it just releases the CO2 previously absorbed by the plants, Nikkei Asian Review reported.<\/p>\n

At the moment, the biomass used\u00a0in some coal-fired power plants can mostly make up only approximately 5% of the burned fuel, due to the fact that wood fiber pressure the boilers. But\u00a0Idemitsu has found a solution for this problem and its new fuel reduces the fiber amount,\u00a0letting it comprise as much as 30% of the fuel mix.<\/div>\n

The company plans to produce the pellets in Thailand, which has an abundance of wood waste, and start marketing them to Japanese power companies in fiscal 2018. Idemitsu aims to sell 20,000 tons of the fuel in the first year, worth hundreds of millions of yen. The pellets likely will initially cost three times as much as coal, though the price will drop once mass production begins. Overseas sales will be considered as well, Nikkei Asian Review reported.<\/p>\n

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering, a subsidiary of\u00a0Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal, has also created an equipment that can process plant waste at Southeast Asian palm plantations into biofuel. It employs steel-rolling technology to squeeze impurities out of plant matter, creating a solid fuel that -- like Idemitsu's pellets -- can replace up to 30% of coal at a thermal power plant.<\/p>\n

Thus, during the fiscal 2018, the company want to begin selling the\u00a0equipment to major plantation operators in Indonesia and Malaysia,\u00a0with an eye toward exporting the fuel produced to Japan. It expects to sell at least 2 billion yen ($18.3 million) worth of the equipment next fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The Paris Agreement on climate change has accelerated the shift from CO2-spewing fossil fuels to renewable energy. But fossil fuels will likely remain in demand for some time in emerging countries with large coal reserves. This will likely spur efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from existing fossil-fuel power plants in order to tackle climate change without stifling economic growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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