Biorefinery Business Demonstration and Commercialization
First written in FY2025. 1 of 2 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2026. Latest entry: FY2026.
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The laboratory tests for ethanol, aspartic acid and succinic acid planned for fiscal 2025 have been completed. Going forward, we plan to scale up the research to demonstration at a pilot plant and aim to have commercial facilities operating in fiscal 2030 with annual capacity of tens of thousands of kiloliters, on an ethanol-equivalent basis.」
The biorefinery completed laboratory testing, began operating bench-scale facilities in March 2025, and advanced to the stage of continuous sample production and transition to pilot demonstrations. - FY2025First statedAnnual report
「We are advancing research and development toward production demonstrations for a biorefinery that effectively uses materials such as pulp derived from woody biomass and recovered paper. We aim to have commercial facilities operating by 2030 with annual capacity of tens of thousands of kiloliters, on an ethanol-equivalent basis.」
A biorefinery producing ethanol, amino acids and other products from woody biomass and recovered paper was identified for the first time as an independent theme under new businesses. We achieved the target yield in the laboratory, plan to operate bench-scale facilities during fiscal 2024, and aim to have commercial facilities operating by 2030 with annual capacity of tens of thousands of kiloliters.