Japan Bioenergy Development: BIOFACT 4.0 Fuel Report for Palm Kernel Shells
(Biofact) In Japan, the market is supported by a feed-in-tariff (FIT) scheme which provides a 20-year subsidy to firms producing renewable energy. By March 2017 almost 12GW of biomass projects had been approved under the FIT scheme. Industrial groups are moving in this direction, as an example, ENGIE recently signed a 15-year biomass supply contract with Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Biomass type used in Japan, in general, will be industrial pellets (from Canada, US, Vietnam, Russia) and low grade biomass such as palm kernel shells (PKS) mainly imported from Indonesia and Malaysia.
BIOFACT was recently involved in the analysis of a sample of Palm Kernel Shells. The results are reported in the following.
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