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Table 8.7 Major pilot projects for fuel ethanol in Japan
Area
Implementer
Related ministry
Project outline
Shimizu Town,
Hokkaido
Hokkaido
Bioethanol Co. Ltd.
MAFF
Production from sugar
beets, flour, etc.
Tokachi Area,
Hokkaido
Tokachi Area
Promotion
Organisation
MOE, MAFF, METI
Production from
substandard flour, corn,
etc. and demonstration of
gasoline blended with
3% ethanol (E3)
Tomakomai,
Hokkaido
Oenon Holdings,
Inc.
MAFF
Production from rice, etc.
Shinjo City,
Yamagata
Prefecture
Shinjo City
MAFF
Production from sorghum
and E3 demonstration
Niigata City,
Niigata
Prefecture
National Federation
of Agricultural
Cooperative
Associations
MAFF
Production from rice and
E3 demonstration
Kanto Region
Petroleum
Association of
Japan (PAJ)
METI
Demonstration of ETBE
Sakai City, Osaka
Prefecture
Bioethanol Japan
Kansai, Osaka
Prefecture
MOE
Production from
construction waste timber
and E3 demonstration
Maniwa City,
Okayama
Prefecture
Mitsui Engineering
& Shipbuilding Co.
Ltd, Okayama
Prefecture, Maniwa
City
METI
Production from lumber
waste, etc., and E3
demonstration
Kitakyushu City,
Fukuoka
Prefecture
Nippon Steel
Engineering Co.
Ltd.
METI, MOE
Production from food
waste and E3
demonstration
Ie Island,
Okinawa
Prefecture
Asahi Breweries,
Ltd., National
Agricultural
Research Center for
Kyushu Okinawa
Region (KONARC)
MOE, MAFF, METI,
Cabinet Office
Production from
molasses with a high
biomass amount and E3
demonstration
Production from
molasses and E3
demonstration
Miyakojima
Island, Okinawa
Prefecture
Ryuseki
Corporation
METI, MOE, MAFF,
Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport
and Tourism (MLIT),
Fire and Disaster
Management Agency,
Cabinet Office
Source: Committee for Eco-fuel Utilisation Promotion (2008a, b)
M. Elder et al.