TY - JOUR
T1 - Japan-supported biomass energy projects technology readiness and distribution in the emerging Southeast Asian countries
T2 - Exercising the J-Tra methodology and GIS
AU - Pandyaswargo, Andante Hadi
AU - Pang, Da
AU - Ihara, Issui
AU - Onoda, Hiroshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received July 25, 2019; revised November 1, 2019. This work was supported in part by the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (JST SICORP), under the e-Asia Feasibility Study on Social Implementation of Bioenergy in East Asia.
Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (JST SICORP), under the e-Asia Feasibility Study on Social Implementation of Bioenergy in East Asia. The authors thank the e-Asia project members who have given valuable feedbacks during the monthly meetings in Waseda University.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by the authors.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Biomass is a promising energy resource for the Southeast Asian countries. There are currently many biomass related technology development projects taking place in the emerging countries of the region (Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos). In this paper, we investigate the critical characteristics of Japan-supported biomass energy technology development projects in those countries, specifically on; technology type, biomass feedstock type, the technology's readiness, and the geographical location. Information about the projects was collected from major Japanese organizations and Japanese private companies' websites. The results highlight the trends and direction of biomass energy conversion technology development in the region. Among them are the following: 1) Biorefinery is the most popular technology used in the development projects mainly in Thailand, 2) Boiler, Turbine, Generator (BTG) projects exist in all countries discussed in this study, 3) Agricultural residue from rice plantation and Oil Palm are the two most popular type of feedstocks used in the projects, 4) Most of the projects’ are still in “feasibility study” and “pilot demonstration” readiness levels.
AB - Biomass is a promising energy resource for the Southeast Asian countries. There are currently many biomass related technology development projects taking place in the emerging countries of the region (Thailand, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos). In this paper, we investigate the critical characteristics of Japan-supported biomass energy technology development projects in those countries, specifically on; technology type, biomass feedstock type, the technology's readiness, and the geographical location. Information about the projects was collected from major Japanese organizations and Japanese private companies' websites. The results highlight the trends and direction of biomass energy conversion technology development in the region. Among them are the following: 1) Biorefinery is the most popular technology used in the development projects mainly in Thailand, 2) Boiler, Turbine, Generator (BTG) projects exist in all countries discussed in this study, 3) Agricultural residue from rice plantation and Oil Palm are the two most popular type of feedstocks used in the projects, 4) Most of the projects’ are still in “feasibility study” and “pilot demonstration” readiness levels.
KW - Biomass projects
KW - Japan
KW - Southeast Asia
KW - Technology readiness
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U2 - 10.18178/ijesd.2020.11.1.1217
DO - 10.18178/ijesd.2020.11.1.1217
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079273224
SN - 2010-0264
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - International Journal of Environmental Science and Development
JF - International Journal of Environmental Science and Development
IS - 1
ER -