circumstances surrounding the utilization of biomass②reduce waste disposal costs and efforts...

Circumstances surrounding the utilization of Biomass

A p r i l , ２０１７Biomass Policy Division Food Industry Affairs BureauM A F F

The change after the establishment of the Fundamental Law of Promoting Usage of Biomass

１．History of Major Biomass-Related Measures････１２．Overview of the Fundamental Law of Promoting

Usage of Biomass ･･･････････････････････････２３．Promotional organization for biomass-related

measures･････････････････････････････････････３４．Overview of biomass commercialization

strategy ････････････････････････････････････４５．Goals of the new basic plan for biomass

usage ･･････････････････････････････････････５６．Overview of the new basic plan for biomass usage

promotion ･･･････････････････････････････････６

Progress of the basic plan for biomass utilization promotion

７．Goals that the nation should achieve in the basic plan for biomass usage promotion ･･････８

８．Expansion of biomass usage･･･････････････････９９．Drawing on the plan for promoting biomass

usage････････････････････････････････････････1010．Scale of biomass industries･･････････････････12

11．About Biomass Industrial Area･････････････････1312．Selected regions of biomass industrial Area･･･1413．Commercialization project of the selected

regions･･･････････････････････････････････････1514．The fixed price purchase system for renewable

energy (Feed-in Tariff)･･･････････････････････1715．The introduction of biomass power

generation････････････････････････････････････1816．Biomass power generation using the fixed price

purchase system･･･････････････････････････････1917．Expansion of woody biomass usage ･････････････2118．The conditions of other biomass industries････22

（Reference）Examples of major activities･･･････････23

1. History of Major Biomass-Related Measures

1

● Comprehensive Biomass Nippon Strategy (decided on by the Cabinet in December 2002, revised in March 2006)

● Agriculture, forestry and fishery biofuel law (enacted in May 2008, enforced in October 2008)

● The Fundamental Law of Promoting Usage of Biomass (enacted in June 2009, enforced in September 2009)

● Basic plan for promoting usage of biomass (decided on by the Cabinet in December 2010)

● Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear power plant accident (2011.3)

● The Act on Special Measures Concerning Procurement of Renewable Energy Sourced Electricity by Electric Utilities (FIT laws) (enacted in August 2011, enforced in July 2012)

→ Started the fixed price purchase system

● Biomass commercialization strategy (decided by the biomass utilization promotion council on September 2012)

● Basic plan for promoting the formulation of recycling-oriented society (decided by the Cabinet on May 2013)

● Environmental Energy Technology Innovation Plan (decided by the Council for Science and Technology Policy on September 2013)

● Energy basic plan (decided by the Cabinet on April 2014)

● Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas(decided by the Cabinet on March 2015)

● Long-term energy supply and demand outlook (decided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on July 2015)

● Draft of commitments to reduce greenhouse gasses(decided by the Global Warming Prevention Headquarters on July 2015)

● Priority plan for social capital equipment (decided by the Cabinet on September 2015)

● Science and technology plan (decided by the Cabinet on January 2016)

● Global warming measures plan (decided by the Cabinet on May 2016)

● Basic Plan for Forest and Forestry (decided by the Cabinet on May 2016)

Long-term energy supply and demand outlookThe target amount of biomass power generation in 2030→ Approximately 3.7 to 4.6% of power supply (39.4 to 49.4 billion kWh)

Draft of commitments to reduce greenhouse gassesReduction of -26.0% in FY2030 compared to FY2013 (-25.4% compared to FY2005)

Comprehensive Biomass Nippon Strategy(Goal setting in 2010)

Utilization of wasted-based biomass 80% or more and unutilized biomass 25% or more, etc.

The Fundamental Law of Promoting Usage of Biomass・ Aims comprehensive and planned promotion of biomass utilization policy・ Drawing up the National Plan for the Promotion of Biomass Utilization・ Setting up the National Biomass Policy Council

Biomass commercialization strategy・ Drawn on "Technology roadmap" which has assessed

a wide variety of biomass utilization technologies・ Promotion of the commercialization by selecting and

concentrating technology and biomass・ Town and village whose main industry will be made into

a biomass oriented industry (promotion of biomass industrial city)

Global warming measure plan(Mid-term goal)

In FY2030, making it the level of -26.0％ compared to FY2013 (-25.4％ compared to FY2005) (Long-term goal)

Aim to reduce 80% of greenhouse gasses by 2050FY

● New basic plan for biomass usage promotion (Decided by the Cabinet on September 2016)

Basic plan for biomass usage promotion(Goal setting in 2025)・ Use about 26 million tons of carbon biomass per year・ Drawn on the biomass usage promotion plan in 600 municipalities・ Forming a market of 500 billion yen

2002 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2. Overview of the Fundamental Law of Promoting Usage of Biomass (June 12, 2009, Law No. 52)

Basic principles

○Comprehensive, integrated and effective promotion

○Promotion for the prevention of global warming

○Promotion for the formation of a recycling-oriented society

○Contributing to strengthening of industrial development and international competitiveness

○Promoting contribution to the revitalization of agricultural, forestry, and fishing villages

○Maximum utilization in accordance with the characteristics of each type of biomass

○Diversifying energy supply sources○Promoting independent-minded efforts

in area○ Fostering social momentum○Ensuring stable supply of food○Consideration for conservation of

environment

Clarifying the responsibilities of the nation, local governments, and businesses and strengthening the cooperation of each entity.

Drawing on the basic plan for promoting biomass usage

National biomass usageNation's basic plans for

biomass usage promotion

Prefectural & municipal biomass usage promotion plans

National measures

Strengthening responsibilities and cooperation

① By coordinating mutually the related administrative authorities, the government shall establish the promotion conference for biomass usage in order to carry out comprehensive, integrated and effective promotion of biomass usage.

② The related administrative authorities shall establish the expert meeting for biomass usage promotion consisting of people who have expertise regarding biomass usage, and when coordinating ①, the authorities shall hear their opinions.

Promotion conference for biomass usage

○ Maintaining required infrastructure ○ Creating businesses to supply

biomass○ Research & development and

diffusion of technology○ Developing and ensuring human

resources○ Promoting the utilization of biomass

products

○ Promoting voluntary activities of private organizations

○ Promoting the activities of local governments

○ Promoting international coordination and cooperation

○ Collecting information○ Increasing the nation's understanding

The government shall take necessary measures such as legislation, fiscal, taxation or financial measures and other measures in order to carry out the policies regarding the promotion of utilization of biomass.

Legislative measures, etc.

2

3. Promotional organization for biomass-related measures

○ Based on the Fundamental Law of Promoting Usage of Biomass (June 12, 2009, Law No. 52), "Biomass usage promotion council" consisting of the government businesses of the relevant 7 ministries (Cabinet office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Ministry of the Environment) was set up, and promotes the measures contributing to biomass utilization in cooperation.

・ Regional administrative and fiscal policies

・ Firefighting legislation

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

・ Agriculture, forestry and fisheries policies

・ Agriculture, mountain, fishing village area policies

・ Food industry policies

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

・ Global warming measures

・ Waste policies

Ministry of the Environment

・ Fundamental National Policies

Cabinet Office

・ Science and technology policies

・ Educational policies

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science

and Technology

・ Land, infrastructure, transport and tourism policies

・ Development of social infrastructure

(Sewer, etc.)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,

Transport and Tourism

・ Industry policies ・ Energy policies

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

B i o m a s sutilization promotion council

(Consisting of political affairs of 7 ministries)

3

The member of Biomassutilization promotion council

State Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries

Parliament Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

Parliament Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

Parliament Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Parliament Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Parliament Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Parliament Vice-Minister of the Environment

4. Overview of the new basic plan for biomass usage promotion (Decided by the Cabinet Council on September 16, 2016)

1 Basic policy on measures

By leveraging the biomass existing in areas, create the businesses led by area, and promote measures which lead to the development of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries and revitalization by returning profits to areas.

3 Measures which the government should take comprehensively and effectively

○ Support activities led by regional areas such as multi-step use and advanced utilization that generates more economic value. ○ Expanding the dissemination of heat use with high energy efficiency, and promoting the proactive usage of biogas as a heat

source. ○ Promoting horizontal development of activities by broadly sharing knowledge of successful cases

4 Matters related to research and development of technology

○ Mixture usage of various biomass according to the actual circumstances of regional area, and the establishment of the production and usage methods of hydrogen gas derived from sewage sludge.

○ Establishing the usage technology of by-products such as the surplus heat accompanying power generation and the digestion liquid occurring in the producing process of biogas.

○ Promoting the research and development of next-generation biofuels by micro-algae, etc in anticipation of industrialization

○ Plan to determine basic policies on measures to promote the utilization of biomass, goal to be achieved by the national government, matters concerning research and development of technology, based on the Fundamental Law of Promoting Usage of Biomass (Heisei 21, law No. 52).

○ Under the previous basic plan (decided on by the Cabinet December 17, 2010), The market size of the biomass industry was expanded mainly on energy use, but the bias was seen in the activities of selling electricity leveraging the fixed price buying system, and in activities other than the selling of electricity, the challenge is to establish a continuous business model which is based in an area and about for the economy can be ensured.

4

2 Goals which the nation should achieve (Target: 2015)

Forming the market of 500 billion yen

Creation of new industry

Use about 26 million tons of carbon of biomass per year

Sustainable society with less environmental impact

Drawing on the biomass usage promotion plan in all prefectures and 600 municipalities

Revitalization of agricultural, forestry, fishery industries and agricultural, forestry, fishery villages

・ Strengthening the activities which secured economy

・ Promoting the sustainable and self-reliant activities which return profits to regional areas

Priority items

・ Promoting practical use and high added value

Priority items

5

Sharing successful cases widely & horizontal deployment of businesses

Sustainable society with less environmental impact Revitalization of agricultural, forestry,fishery industries and agricultural, forestry, fishery villages Creation of new industry

Activities in whichthe earned

profits are returned to regional areas

②Reduce waste disposal costs and efforts・ The processing costs and efforts for transportation

are reduced by using the waste biomass to advanced use, such as livestock excrement and non-edible parts of farming products occurring at the agricultural livestock industry production sites where waste disposal was conducted until now.

③Supply cheaper energy and products

・ The bearing of costs required for energy until now is reduced by providing the products and electric &heat energy at a low cost which is obtained by conversion technology of biomass to regional farmers or public facilities.

Sustainable and self-sustainable

activities

To local public bodies, etc.

Biogas plant

Municipal biomass utilization promotion plan(Regional construction based on the biomass industry)

(Image of action)

Upland farming farmer & horticultural farmer Cattle farmer

Food processing facilities Public facilities & retail stores, etc.

Agricultural residue, etc.

Electricity, heat, fluid fertilizerLivestock excrement

Electricity, heat, letter

Food waste

Electricity & heat Food waste & excreta

Electricity & heat

(Products)retailers

(Farm products)To processing facilities &retailers

Building an integrated system ensuring economy

(Livestock products)

To processing facilities &retailers

Activities to generate

more economic value

Advanced use (Generate more economic value)

＜Traditional＞

Livestock excrement

＜Advanced use＞

Compost

Livestock excrement

Reduction to farmland & meadow

Composting

MethaneFermentation

Gas

Refining &Concentrating

Facility horticulture &City gas substitutions

ElectricitySelf-consumption & selling electricity, etc.

HeatHeating & hot water supply, etc.

of facilities

Digestive juice

BiogasCogeneration

Reduction to farmland & meadow

Multi-step use (Use the limited resources thoroughly)

Logs for lumbering Small-diameter logs Branches and leaves

Lumber & Processing (sawmills)

(Straight timber) (Bend material, short-size material) (Low-quality material) (Treetop)

Chip manufacturing Pellet production

Sawing products(Boards, squared

timbers, etc.)Wooden

boardPaper

Fertilizer & feed

Electricity & heat

(Construction materials) (Collecting) (Collecting ash & CO2)

Sawdust

Mills ends

Waste woodsDismantled wood

(Utilization)(Reuse)

Heat utilization

・ In the agricultural production sites and regional heat demand facilities, heat utilization can be expected to be alternative for fossil fuel.・ Half of energy demand is for heat, especially about 80% of the energy consumption in agricultural production sites is heat utilization, so promote heat utilization of biomass.

* The energy efficiency of heat utilization is better than power generation. (Heat utilization: about 60 to 90%, Power generation: about 10 to 40%)・ Accelerate the activities of "cogeneration" that precedes the utilization of surplus heat in power generation which is not currently utilized sufficiently.

(Promoting better energy-efficientheat use)

①Industrial development & job creation・ Create new industries by which biomass existing in regional areas can be transformed and utilized as energy or products. ・ The cost saving by ② & ③ can be allocated for the

expansion of operation size, etc.・ New employment opportunities can be created by

the above activities.

5. Goals of the new basic plan for biomass usage

■ Create industries utilizing regional biomass and construct biomass industrial area for building regional recycle-oriented energy system (development and sophistication of biomass town)

■ Study of the system to promote the activities for commercialization through cooperation with businesses from raw materials production to collection, transportation, manufacturing, and utilization (review of agriculture, forestry, and fishery biofuel law)

6. Overview of biomass commercialization strategy (decided by the biomass utilization promotion council on September 6, 2012)

■ Prioritized promotion of commercialization by selecting and concentrating technology and biomass

■ Building an integrated system from raw material production, collection, transportation, production, to utilization by stakeholders' cooperation

■ Creating regional industries by promoting commercialization by leveraging regional biomass, and strengthening autonomy & distributed energy supply system.

■Organize practical use technology and biomass utilized for commercialization, based on the technology road map

Technology ・・・Methane fermentation ＆ composting, direct combustion, solid fuelification, liquid fuelization

Biomass ・・・Wood, food waste, sewage sludge, livestock excrement

■Accelerate the development of technologies aiming for practical application through cooperation among research institutes of industry, academia, and government

Strategy 2： Technology strategy (technology development and manufacturing)

■ Improve the upriver agricultural and forestry organizations integrated with biomass utilization

■ Build an effective collecting and transportation system for biomass■ Develop energy crops and plants of high biomass quantity and easy decomposability, etc.■ Mixed use of a wide variety of biomass resources and thorough use of waste

Strategy 4： Entry strategy (raw material procurement)

Strategy 6： Comprehensive support strategy

■ Proactive utilization of the Fixed price purchase system

■ Promote the biomass-related tax system to encourage the participation of investors and businesses

■ Promote the reduction of greenhouse gasses by utilizing each Credit system

■ Promote commercialization by creating high added-value products

Strategy 3： Exit strategy (creation & expansion of demand)

■Build sustainable biomass utilization system in Asia, etc.

■Promote the creation of international standards, etc. for sustainable biomass utilization

Strategy 7: Overseas strategy⑤ Bio fuel

① Woody biomass

② Food waste

③ Sewage sludge

④ Livestock excrement

・ Build an effective collecting and transportation system of the unused lumber from thinning, etc and promote integrally and intensively the use of energy at woody power plants

・ Promote the thorough and strengthened classification waste dumping, bio-gasification, mixed use with other biomass, and conversion of waste to solid fuels

・ As the base for regional biomass utilization, promote bio-gasification, mixed use with food waste, and recycling by conversion of waste to solid fuels

・ Promote the utilization of recycling by methane fermentation, direct combustion, and mixed use of food waste, etc.

Strategy 5： Individual priority strategy

・ Study measures to embody the possibility of regional recycle-oriented biofuel utilization integrated with regional farmers whose regions have a large production plant

・ Diffuse low-concentration utilization by the bio-diesel fuel tax system, etc. and develop a high-efficiency and low-cost production system

・ Accelerate the development of next-generation biofuel production technologythrough collaboration among research institutes

Strategy 1: Basic strategy

6

Progress of the basic plan for biomass utilization promotion

A society with advanced biomass utilization that should be realized in the future ○ Sustainable society with less environmental impact ○ Creation of new industries and revitalization of agricultural, forestry, fishery

industries and agricultural, forestry, fishery villages ○ New lifestyles centered on biomass utilization ○ Biomass utilization under international cooperation

Expansion of biomass usage

・ Biomass of approximately 26 million tons of carbon per yearin carbon conversion amounts are utilized by substituting the energy and products produced by using fossil resources for what is derived from biomass

・ Set the goal of utilization rate for each type of biomass

Prevention of global warming and formation of recycling-oriented society

Scale of biomass industries

・ Cultivate environmentally harmonious industries which utilize biomass for energy and products, and form a market of 500 billion yen with the assumption that these industries would will progress

Development of new industries and strengthening of international competitiveness

Drawing on the plan for promoting biomass usage

・ Draw on the prefectural biomass utilization promotion plan in all prefectures

・ Draw on the municipal biomass utilization promotion plan in 600 municipalities which are equivalent to one-third of all municipalities

Revitalization of agricultural, forestry, fishery industries and agricultural, forestry, fishery villages

Set the required goals (2025) to achieve future image

7. Goals that the nation should achieve in the basic plan for biomass usage promotion

○ The current basic plan assumes a society with advanced biomass utilization that should be realized in the future, and as an indicator to determine the level of achievement of "global warming prevention", "development of new industry", and "revitalization of agricultural, mountains and fishery village" which are pillars, it sets a target value which the nation should achieve by 2025 with the evaluation axis of the expansion of biomass utilization, the size of new biomass industries, and drawing on the biomass utilization promotion plan.

8

8. Expansion of biomass usage

○ The amount of generated biomass (potential quantity) tends to decline over the mid-and-long term due to activities of suppressing the occurrence of waste-based biomass.○ The carbon quantity conversion value of usage is approximately 24 million tons at present, but the aim is that approximately 26 million tons will be utilized in 2025.

○ Set the goals for each type of biomass in order to promote the advanced utilization that creates more economic value, while considering the existing usage method.

9

2010(Heisei 22)

2015(Heisei 27) 【Mid-and-long

term trends】

2025(Heisei 37)

Generated amount of biomass

(Equivalent carbon value)

Approx. 35 million tons Approx. 34 million tons

Waste-based biomass tends to be declining due to the activities of suppressing occurrence, etc.

[Forecast]Approx. 32 million tons

Usage of biomass

(Carbon equivalent

value)

Approx. 23 million tons

[Utilization ratio]About 65.7%

Approx. 24 million tons[Utilization ratio]About 70.6％

[Promotion measures]・ Promote the multi-step

utilizationthat is repeatedly utilized as much as possible in high-value order as a product and heat utilization with high-energy efficiency

・ Promote utilization, while striving for compatibility between materials use and energy use so as not to affect the stable wood supply

・ Support the creation of aplan that leads to a virtuous circle of regional economies according to the actual regional circumstances, and promote the activities by which the created value can lead to the development of agriculture, forestry, and fishery and return profit to regions

[Target Value]Approx. 26 million tons

Types of biomass : generation amount : usage

Utilization ratio

Utilization ratio

Waste biom

ass

Livestock excrement 87% About 90%

Sewage sludge 63% About 85%

Black liquor 100% 100%

Paper 81% About 85%

Food waste 24% About 40%

Waste materials from sawmill factories, etc. 97%

About 97%Wood chips derived from construction 94%

Unused

biomass

Non-edible parts of crops(except for plowed-in parts)

32% About 95%

Leftover forest wood 9% About 45%

Over 30%

10.23 million tons8.29 million tons

Generation amount: 4.86 million tonsUtilization amount: 4.19 million tons

900 thousand tons560 thousand tons


690 thousand tons170 thousand tons




4 million tons360 thousand tons

* The forecast of biomass generation amount in 2025 is estimated by approximate expression from the past actual value.

9. Drawing on the plan for promoting biomass usage

10

○ The drawn number of the biomass utilization promotion plans is currently 16 prefecture plans and 41 municipality plans (if including similar measures, 374 municipalities excluding duplications), and the aim is to have drawn plans for all prefectures and 600 municipalities by 2025.

The drawing of a regional plan to promote biomass utilization (surveyed by the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fishery (as of October 2016))

PrefectureName

PrefecturePlanning

Municipalities of Japan

Number of plans

(Reference) Similar measuresNumber of

municipalities that have plans

Biomasstown plan

BiomassIndustrial

cityplan

Hokkaido

Already planned(December 24, 2013)

4 30 28

Aomori

Already planned

（December.22, 2011）

1 12 1

IwateNot planned

yet1 9 1

AkitaNot planned

yet0 9 0

MiyagiNot planned

yet0 4 4

YamagataNot planned

yet0 8 1

FukushimaNot planned

yet1 9 0

IbarakiAlready planned

（March. 2017）

0 7 1

TochigiNot planned

yet3 5 1

PrefectureName

PrefecturePlanning


Number of plans



Biomasstown plan

BiomassIndustrial

cityplan

Niigata

Already planned（March.20,

2014）

4 14 2

ToyamaNot planned

yet1 7 2

IshikawaNot planned

yet0 7 0

FukuiNot planned

yet0 4 0

GifuNot planned

yet0 6 0

Aichi

Already planned

（March. 2017）

0 4 2

MieNot planned

yet1 2 1

ShigaNot planned

yet0 6 0

Kyoto

Already planned（October.5,

2012）

2 5 3

PrefectureName

PrefecturePlanning


Number of plans



Biomasstown plan

BiomassIndustrial

cityplan

Yamaguchi


2013）

0 4 0

TokushimaNot planned

yet0 3 0

KagawaNot planned

yet1 1 1

Ehime

Already planned（June.11, 2012）

1 5 0

KochiNot planned

yet0 9 0

FukuokaNot planned

yet2 5 3

SagaNot planned

yet1 4 1

NagasakiNot planned

yet1 7 0

9. Drawing on the plan for promoting biomass usage

11

PrefectureName

PrefecturePlanning


Number of plans



Biomasstown plan

BiomassIndustrial

cityplan

Gunma

Already planned

（March, 2017 revision）

1 5 0

SaitamaAlready planned

（April.1, 2012）

0 1 0

Chiba

Already planned（August.2,

2011）

0 9 0

TokyoNot planned

yet0 2 0

KanagawaNot planned

yet0 2 0

YamanashiNot planned

yet1 8 1

NaganoNot planned

yet0 10 0

Shizuoka

Already planned（March 30,

2017 revision）

3 4 2

PrefectureName

PrefecturePlanning


Number of plans



Biomasstown plan

BiomassIndustrial

cityplan

OsakaNot planned

yet0 3 0

Hyogo

Already planned（April.18, 2016）

4 10 1

NaraNot planned

yet0 5 0

WakayamaNot planned

yet0 4 0

TottoriNot planned

yet0 2 0

Shimane


2013）

1 9 3

OkayamaNot planned

yet1 7 3

HiroshimaNot planned

yet0 5 0

PrefectureName

PrefecturePlanning


Number of plans



Biomasstown plan

BiomassIndustrial

cityplan

Kumamoto


2012）

1 11 0

Miyazaki

Already planned（April.12, 2013）

1 7 1

Oita

Already planned（March.1, 2016）

1 7 3

Kagoshima

Already planned

（March, 2017 revision）

2 15 2

OkinawaNot planned

yet1 6 0

Total 18

41 318 68

374※Overlap is excluded

Goal 47 600

Estimation of the market size of the biomass industry (surveyed by the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries: preliminary version)

10. Scale of biomass industries

○ Regarding the market size of the biomass industry, although it was about 120 billion yen including the economic ripple effect at the time of formulating the basic biomass utilization plan, it expanded mainly on the power generation efforts utilizing the fixed price acquisition system, Approximately 350 billion yen (about 70%)

○ Under the new basic plan, we will aim to establish a market of 500 billion yen in 2025, while also promoting expansion of the market size for efforts other than power generation.

At the time of formulating the basic plan for promoting utilization of old biomass

2010（heisei 22）

Current2015

（heisei 27）

Target value2025

（heisei 37）

Market size Approximately 120 billion yen

Approximately 350 billion yen

Approximately 500 billion yen

billion yen

500

400

300

200

100

0

C

C

C

C

C

Expanding mainly on efforts for power generation utilizing fixed price purchase system of renewable energy

Promote expansion of efforts other than power generation

Note）・ Fertilizers, feeds, etc., which clearly have markets since the formulation of the Basic Biomass Promotion Plan, are excluded from estimation

Note）・ The economic ripple effect is calculated using a simplified calculation tool for economic ripple effect by the integrated large classification (37 divisions) based on the input-output table published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 12

○ A biomass industrial area is a region for building an integrated system that ensures economy and aims to develop a town/ village centered biomass industry that makes use of distinctive characteristics, and that is environmentally-friendly and strong for disasters, and the related 7 ministries jointly selected.

*Related 7 government departments: Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Ministry of the Environment

11. About B iomass Industr ia l Area

13

Pasture

Unused material

(Electric power company)

Greenhouses for agricultureBDF production

facility

Crop cultivation farmer

General householdWelfare facility

SchoolsCattle shed

Hot spring facility

Cattle farmer

Pruned branches

Food factory

(selling electricity)

Wood pelletmanufacturing facility

EnergyLiquid

fertilizers & litter

Waste edible oil

Wood biomass power generation facility

Livestock excrement

Fuel for boilers

Food waste

Fuel for agricultural machinery

Fuel for transportation

Biogas production facility

Power generation

facility

Energy use within a region

(selling electricity)

Revitalization of regions using biomass

Image

13

12. S e l e c t e d r e g i o n s o f b i o m a s s i n d u s t r i a l a r e a FY 2013（36 Municipalities）

Primary Selection(28Municipalities)

１．Tokachi region, Hokkaido

(19 Municipalities)

２．Shimokawa-cho, Hokkaido

３．Bekkai-cho, Hokkaido

４．HigashiMatsushima-shi, MIyagi

５．Ushiku-shi, Ibaraki

６．Niigata-shi, Niigata

７．Obu-shi, Aichi

８．Mitoyo-shi, Kagawa

Secondary Selection (8 Municipalities)

９．Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido

10．Okoppe-cho, Hokkaido

11．Minamisanriku-cho, Miyagi

12．Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka

13．Tsu-shi, Mie

14．Okuizumo-cho, Shimane

15．Maniwa-shi, Okayama

16．Nishiawakura-son, Okayama

FY 2014（6 Municipalities）

17．Imizu-shi, Toyama

18．Sumoto-shi, Hyogo

19．Okinoshima-cho, Shimane

20．Miyama-shi, Hukuoka

21．Saga-shi, Saga


23．Hiratori-cho, Hokkaido

24．Osaki-shi, Miyagi

25．Mogami-machi, Ymagata

26．Motegi-machi, Tochigi

27．Kai-shi, Yamanashi

28．Kyotango-shi, Kyoto

29．Nantan-shi, Kyoto

30．Iinan-cho, Shimane

31．Tsuyama-shi, Okayama

32．Munakata-shi, Hukuoka

33．Usuki-shi, Oita

34．Kobayashi-shi, Miyazaki


35．Shiriuchi-cho, Hokkaido

36．Otoineppu-mura, Hokkaido

37．Nishiokoppe-mura, Hokkaido

38．Shibetya-cho, Hokkaido

39．Hirakawa-shi, Aomori

40．Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate

41．Kami-machi, Miyagi

42．Tokamachi-shi, Niigata

43．Nanto-shi, Toyama

44．Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka

45．Handa-shi, Aichi

46．Kyotanba-cho, Kyoto

47．Itoshima-shi, Hukuoka

48．Kunisaki-shi, Oita

49．Satsumasendai-shi, goshima

50．Nagashima-cho, Kagoshima

※ Number in 〈〉 is that of Municipatilies selected each prefecture

〈28〉（10 Regions）

〈1〉

〈1〉

〈4〉〈1〉

〈1〉

〈1〉

〈2〉

〈2〉

〈1〉

〈2〉

〈1〉

〈3〉〈3〉

〈3〉〈1〉

〈1〉

〈3〉

〈2〉

〈1〉〈3〉

〈1〉

〈2〉

14

Use/ raw material Woody biomass Livestock excrement Food waste Sewage sludge

Power generation

Utilization of FIT

Shimokawa-cho,Higashimatsushima-shi, Mogami-machi, Imizu-shi, Kai-shi,Hamamatsu-shi, Tsu-shi,Tsuyama-shi, Maniwa-shi, Saiki-shi, Usuki-shi

Tokachi Region, Shimokawa-cho, Okoppe-cho, Bekkai-cho,Nantan-shi

Higashimatsushima-shi,Hamamatsu-shi, Obu-shi, Kyotango-shi, Nantan-shi,Sumoto-shi, Saiki-shi, Usuki-shi

Okoppe-cho, Hamamatsu-shi,Nantan-shi, Sumoto-shi, Saiki-shi

Others(including

undecided)

Tokachi region, Kushiro-shi,Okoppe-cho, Okinoshima-cho,Kobayashi-shi

Kushiro-shi, Osaki-shi,Mogami-cho, Munakata-shi,Kobayashi-shi

Okoppe-cho, Osaki-shi,Minamisanriku-cho, Mogami-cho, Niigata-shi, Tsu-shi,Munakata-shi, Miyama-shi,Saga-shi, Kobayashi-shi

Minamisanriku-cho, Mogami-cho, Niigata-shi, Munakata-shi,Miyama-shi

Heat utilization

Tokachi region. Kushiro-shi, Shimokawa-cho, Hiratori-cho, Higashimatsushima-shi. Osaki-shi,Minamisanriku-cho, Mogami-machi, Ushiku-shi, Motegi-cho, Niigata-shi, Kai-shi, Hamamatsu-shi, Tsu-shi, Kyotango-shi,Nantan-shi, Sumoto-shi, Okuizumo-cho, Iinan-cho,Okinoshima-cho, Tsuyama-shi,Nishiawakura-son, Mitoyo-shi,Miyama-shi, Saga-shi, Saiki-shi,Usuki-shi, Kobayashi-shi

Tokachi Region, Kushiro-shi,Shimokawa-cho, Okoppe-cho,Bekkai-cho

Okoppe-cho,Higashimatsushima-shiMinamisanriku-cho, Mogami-cho, Niigata-shi, Tsu-shi, Okinoshima-cho, Usuki-shi

Mogami-cho, Niigata-shi

15

13. C o m m e r c i a l i z a t i o n p r o j e c t o f t h e s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s

Use/ raw material Woody biomass Livestock excrement Food waste Sewage sludge

Fertilizer & feed, etcMotegi-cho, Imizu-shi, Sumoto-shi, Iinan-cho, Tsuyama-shi,Mitoyo-shi, Munakata-shi

Tokachi Region, Shimokawa-cho. Kushiro-shi, Okoppe-cho, Bekkai-cho, Osaki-shi, Mogami-cho, Motegi-cho, Kai-shi, Nantan-shi, Iinan-cho, Munakata-shi, Saga-shi,Kobayashi-shi

Okoppe-cho,Higashimatsuhima-shi, Osaki-shi, Minamisanriku-cho,Mogami-cho, Motegi-cho,Niigata-shi, Kai-shi,Hamamatsu-shi, Obu-shi,Kyotango-shi, Nantan-shi, Mitoyo-shi, Okinoshima-cho,Munakata-shi, Miyama-shi,Saga-shi, Usuki-shi,Kobayashi-shi

Minamisanriku-cho, Mogami-cho, Kyotango-shi, Nantan-shi,Munakata-shi, Miyama-shi

Fuel

Shimokawa-cho, Hiratori-cho, Osaki-shi, Minamisanriku-cho, Ushiku-shi, Niigata-shi, Tsu-shi,Okinoshima-cho, Saga-shi, Usuki-shi, Kobayashi-shi

Nantan-shi

Tokachi Region、Shimokawa-cho, Osaki-shi, Ushiku-shi, Motegi-cho, Niigata-shi, Imizu-shi, Kai-shi, Obu-shi, Nantan-shi, Sumoto-shi, Iinan-cho,Maniwa-shi, Munakata-shi,Mitoyo-shi, Miyama-shi, Usuki-shi, Kobayashi-shi

Tsu-shi, Kyotangos-hi,Nantan-shi

Others(utilization of material, etc.)

Motegi-cho, Kyotango-shi, Sumoto-shi, Okinoshima-cho, Tsuyama-shi, Maniwa-shi, Mitoyo-shi

Niigata-shi, Hamamatsu-shi, Kyotango-shi

16

13. C o m m e r c i a l i z a t i o n p r o j e c t o f t h e s e l e c t e d r e g i o n s

14. The fixed price purchase system for renewable energy (Feed-in Tariff)

○ The fixed price purchase system is the system by which electric power companies promise to purchase the electricity generated from renewable energy sources at a certain price, and the electricity derived from solar energy, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass.

○ The purchase price (procurement price) and period (lead time) are set by the Minister of Economy、Trade and Industry every year, respecting the opinions of the procurement price calculation committee consisting of experts.

○ The procurement price of electricity from bi-mass power generation in FY2017 - FY2019 is 13 to 40 yen / kWh (excluding tax). Distinguished procurement price of equipment of 20,000 kw or more where scale merit is confirmed in general woody biomass · agricultural residue residue in power generation efficiency etc.

Procurement price and procurement period from FY2017 to FY2019(Biomass-related)

17

Types of biomassProcurement

pricePer 1kWh

Lead Time

Methane fermentation gas (derived from biomass) 39 yen + tax

20 years

Woody biomass derived from thinning timber, etc.*1

Less than 2,000kW 40yen + tax

2,000kW or more 32yen + tax

General woody biomass*2・Agricultural residue

24yen + tax

21yen + tax*3

Construction waste material 13yen + tax

General waste & other biomass 17yen + tax

Overview of the system

* １For those without the proof based on the "Guidelines for the proof of woodbiomass used for power generation utilization", they are treated equally with construction waste materials.

Power generation

facility

Organization to adjust the cost

burden (The

organization collecting & distributing the

levy)

Power generation of renewable energy suppliers(Biomass, Solar, wind, etc.)

Selling electricity

Buying electricity

Pay the levy

Set the purchase price, respecting the opinions of the committee

Certification

Applying

Electricity company Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Opinions about the purchase price, etc.

Procurement price calculation committee

Supply electricity

(Collecting the electricity fee & the levy) Determine the unit price of the levy

Electricity users

Issue the buyingcost

* 2Including biomass caused by harvesting of crops.* 3 Until the end of September, 2017 24yen＋tax

15. The introduction of biomass power generation

18

○ For biomass power generation utilizing the fixed price purchase system, approximately 760 thousand kW was already being produced by the end of November 2016. When combining this with the facility capability of power generation introduced under the RPS system, approximately 3.07million kW has been produced.

○ Approximately 5.39 billion kWh was the amount of electricity purchased by the fixed price purchase system of biomass power generation in FY 2015 .

Plant capacity (one that started operation) Qualified capacity

Before introducing FIT

(RPS system)

to June 2012

After introducing FIT

Total

After introducing FIT

FY 2012FY 2013

July 2012 to March 2014

FY 2014April 2014 to March 2015

FY 2015April 2015 to March 2016

FY 2016April 2016 to

November 2016

Cumulative totalJuly 2012 to

November 2016

Methane fermentation gas(derived from biomass)

14.7 thousand kW 3.2 thousand kW 6.0 thousand kW 7.4 thousand kW 8.5 thousand kW 39.8 thousand kW 64.5 thousand kW

Woody biomass derived from thinning timber 14.5 thousand kW 12.9 thousand

kW55.9 thousand

kW137.9 thousand

kW 71.6 thousand kW 292.9 thousand kW 428.5 thousand kW

General woody biomassAgricultural residue 163.4 thousand kW 29.8 thousand

kW11.8 thousand

kW96.1 thousand

kW136.1 thousand

kW 437.2 thousand kW 3,160.5 thousand kW

Construction waste material 439.8 thousand kW 0.3 thousand

kW 3.5 thousand kW 5.4 thousand kW 0 kW 449.0 thousand kW 37.0 thousand kW

General wasteOther biomass

1,681.4 thousand kW

76.2 thousand kW

24.3 thousand kW

47.1 thousand kW 25.9 thousand kW 1,854.9 thousand

kW 250.4 thousand kW

Total 2,313.8 thousand kW

122.3 thousand kW

101.6 thousand kW

294.0 thousand kW

242.1 thousand kW

3,073.8 thousand kW 3,941 thousand kW

760.0 thousand kW

The circumstances surrounding the introduction of biomass power generation at the end of November 2016

Note) ・ There is a case where the total value does not match due to rounding off. ・ For one before FIT introduction (RPS system), it includes the facility capability switched from RPS to FIT.Note) ・ It aggregated the estimated value obtained by multiplying by the biomass ratio at the time of facility certification. (After the introduction of FIT, it does not include the facility capacity switched

from RIP to FIT.)

19

These are the ones that have already started operation as of February 2016, and the facilities switched from RPS to FIP are not included.

(Materials) (Created by the

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, based on the materials of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy)

National total■ Methane gas 36,300 kw (114 cases) ■ General waste 873,142 kw (215 cases)■ General wood 347,569 kw ( 28 cases)■ Construction waste 341,216 kw ( 31 cases)

material ■ Unused wood 287,449 kw ( 41 cases)

Output No. of introductions

16. Biomass power generation using the fixed price purchase systemHokkaido Pref.■ 8,626(51 cases)■ 33,983(10 cases)■ 4,700(1 case)■ 53,820(2 cases)

Aomori Pref.■ 960（2 cases）■ 6,624（2 cases）■ 6,250（1 case）

Iwate Pref.■ 280(2 cases)■ 11,272(4 cases)■ 19,800(2 cases)■ 6,871(3 cases)

Miyagi Pref.■ 793(2 cases)■ 13,383(3 cases)■ 240(1 case)■ 800(1 case)

Akita Pref.■ 4,760 (2 cases)■ 21,490 (2 cases)■ 3,750 (2 cases)

Tokyo Pref.■ 1,120(1 case)■153,938(23 cases)

Kanagawa Pref.■ 5,600(2 cases)■ 43,682(7 cases)■ 49,000(1 case)■ 2,064(1 case)

Gunma Pref. ■ 600 (2 cases)■ 5,395 (2 cases)■ 13,600 (1 case)

Chiba Pref.■ 8,932(8 cases)■ 47,557(3 cases)Shizuoka Pref.

■ 215(2 cases)■ 38,919(7 cases)■ 93,594(4 cases)

Saitama Pref.■ 28,229(12 cases)■ 18,810(1 case)■ 146(1 case)

Toyama Pref.■ 195（1case）■ 13,330 (2 cases)■ 990 (1 case)■ 5,750 (1 case)

Gifu Pref.■ 370 (1 case)■ 6,068 (3 cases)■ 4,300 (1 case)■ 600 (1 case)■ 6,250 (1 case)

Aichi Pref.■ 30（1 case）■ 74,406（12 cases）■ 7,450（1 case）

Mie Pref.■ 330(2 cases)■ 18,061(6 cases)■ 26,800(2 cases)■ 5,800(1 case)

Ibaraki Pref.■ 375(2 cases)■ 11,161(6 cases)■ 68,334(3 cases)■ 5,750(1 case)

Fukushima Pref.■ 25(1 case)■ 9,941(4 cases)■ 10,800(1 case)■ 25,420(2 cases)■ 5,745(2 cases)

Yamanashi Pref.■ 848 (2 cases)

Niigata Pref.■ 660 (3 cases)■ 7,559 (3 cases)■ 5,750（1 case）

Nagano Pref.■ 710(3 cases)■ 4,700(3 cases)

Yamagata Pref.■ 300 (1 case)■ 2,267 (2 cases)■ 3,562 (2 cases)

Tochigi Pref.■ 2,235 (8 cases)■ 9,214 (6 cases)■ 265 (1 case)■ 18,250 (1 case)■ 2,500 (1 case)

Ishikawa Pref.■ 425 (2 cases)■ 9,925 (3 cases)

* The displayed output is the one where the certified output of the power generation facility is multiplied by the biomass ratio (total output of each prefecture)

20

These are the ones that have already started operation as of February 2016, and the facilities switched from RPS to FIP are not included.

(Materials) (Created by the

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, based on the materials of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy)

16. Biomass power generation using the fixed price purchase system

Okinawa Pref.

■ 1,820 (2 cases)■ 8,048 (4 cases)

Shiga Pref.■ 25 (1 case)■ 1,671 (2 cases)■ 3,550 (1 case)

Wakayama Pref.■ 2,690(2 cases)

Nara Pref.■ 50 (1 case)■ 2,500 (1 case)■ 6,500 (1 case)

Kyoto Pref.■ 695 (2 cases)■ 16,446 (3 cases)

Tottori Pref.■ 1,110 (1 case)■ 2,360 (1 case)■ 5,700 (1 case)

Yamaguchi Pref.■ 25(1 case)■ 6,283(4 cases)■ 23,760(2 cases)■ 47,083(3 cases)

Shimane Pref.■ 5,400(3 cases)■ 12,700(1 case)■ 6,250(1 case)

Okayama Pref.■ 8,756 (3 cases)■ 1,950 (1 case)■ 10,000 (1 case)

Hiroshima Pref.■ 35,035(7 cases)■ 10,800(2 cases)■ 219(1 case)

Kochi Pref.■ 4,574(2 cases)■ 8,850(1 case)■ 20,205(2 cases)■ 12,750(2 cases)

Kumamoto Pref.■ 808(1 case)■ 2,850(1 case)■ 6,250(1 case)■ 750(1 case)■ 6,280(1 case)

Saga pref.■ 4,290(2 cases)■ 9,850(1 case)

Kagoshima Pref.■ 13,115(5 cases）■ 29,450(2 case)

Ehime Pref.■ 660 (1 case)■ 12,984 (2 cases)

Nagasaki Pref.■ 250(1 case)■ 2,149(2 cases)■ 5,200(1 case)

Fukuoka Pref.■ 1,285(2 cases)■ 73,940(9 cases)

Tokushima Pref.■ 710(1 case)■ 6,220 (1 case)

Osaka Pref.■ 1,700(3 cases)■ 86,184(11 cases)■ 14,200(3 cases)

Kagawa Pref.■ 525 (2 cases)■ 1,484 (1 case)

Oita Pref.■ 390(2 cases)■ 7,416(3 cases)■ 45,000(1 case)■ 12,000(1 case)■ 25,416(3 cases)

Miyazaki Pref.■ 2,161(2 cases)■ 14,893(3 cases)■ 19,620(3 cases)■ 31,820(3 cases)

Hyogo Pref.■ 857 (3 cases)■ 47,468 (14 cases)■ 18,554 (2 cases)■ 16,530 (1 case)

* The displayed output is the one where the certified output of the power generation facility is multiplied by the biomass ratio (total output of each prefecture)

Fukui Pref.■ 7,270 (1 case)

17. Expansion of woody biomass usage

21

○ The utilization of wood biomass contributes to not only the promotion of renewable energy but also the revitalization of forestry and regional economy and the assurance of employment. Especially, there is a large possibility for leftover forest wood.

○ Wood biomass is processed to wood chip and wood pellet, and its utilization as energy has been increasing at sawmills, public facilities, and power stations, etc.

Transition of the number of woody biomass boilers The number of wood pellet manufacturing facilities and production quantity

－ No. of facilities (First axis (left)) ■ Production quantity (Second axis (right))

Over 2,000 units of wood biomass boilers are installed at places centered at sawmills, the introduction to public facilities, hot springs, and agricultural facilities has been proceeding.

Recently, both the number of production facilities and production amount have been increasing with the background of the growing interest in global warming and of the reduction of management risks by switching from fossil fuel to renewable energy heat.

(Unit) (t) (No. of facilities)

615

838 924

1,218

1,461

1,701

2,023

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

H20 H21 H22 H23 H24 H25 H26

台数Number of boilers

36,444

50,693 58,243

78,258

98,184 110,092

126,035

63

7585

108 109

120

142

0

25,000

50,000

75,000

100,000

125,000

150,000

175,000

200,000

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

H20 H21 H22 H23 H24 H25 H262008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Transition of bioplastics production quantity and market size(Created by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery based on the survey results of JBPA)

18. The conditions of other biomass industries

22

○ Biomass products such as bioplastic have the equivalent physical properties of those of petroleum-derived products, and they are almost comparable, but the cost tends to be slightly higher. Since the adoption of plastic bags and food containers has progressed, the market size has gradually expanded, and continuous growth can be expected from now on.

○ For expanding the number of companies to adopt products, it is important to suppress production cost and to enhance the competitiveness in the market.

In addition to plastic bags of retail stores, blister packs such as home appliancesand batteries, window portions of windowed envelopes, the trays and packaging bags of fresh foods, egg packs, etc., the cases to be used for packaging materials for various products has been increasing.

In July 2006, the Japan BioPlastic Association (JBPA) launched the "BioPlastic Identification system" to distinguish it from plastic products of petroleum-derived plastic in order to improve and disseminate and promote the awareness of bioplastic products.

－ Production quantity (First axis (left)) ■ Market size (Second axis (right))

Identification system of bioplastic

Examples of familiar bioplastics

(Billions of yen) (t)

192.1177.8

165.0

215.2

267.0

241.2251.8

126,293 125,387 127,398

136,703

150,171 145,251

152,155

0.0

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

300.0

350.0

400.0

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

H19 H20 H21 H22 H23 H24 H252007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Waste edible oil

Kobe, HyogoKOBE Biogas (Higashinada Sewage treatment plant)This plant makes sewage sludge methane fermentation and utilizes it for natural gas vehicles as KOBE Biogas. It also supplies biogasthat is highly purified as city gas for the first time in Japan.

(Reference) Examples of major activities

Maniwa, OkayamaMEIKEN LAMWOOD CORPORATIONThis company makes chips from bark generated from thinning timber, forest residues,and sawmills to utilize it as fuel for power generation within the factory.

Hita, OitaHitaThis city generates biogas by methane fermentation of food waste and pig excreta to utilize power generation. The digestive juice generated in the process of power generation is also provided to citizens as compost and liquid fertilizer.

Asahi, ChibaBright Pig Co.,LtdThis company utilizes food waste discharged from convenience stores, etc. and rice for feed produced in the region to produce liquid feed to use it at pig farms.

Shimokawa-cho, HokkaidoShimokawa-choThis town utilizes wood biomass as a heat resource for regional hot springs and greenhouses, etc. Wood biomass accounts for approximately 60% of heat energy consumption of all public facilities.

Shihoro-cho, HokkaidoShihoro-cho agricultural cooperative organizationThis organization produces methane gas from livestock excreta generated from adjacent farms to conduct power generation. It also utilizes generated heat as warm water to prevent freezing of fermenters, etc.

Kuzuishi-cho, IwateBiomass Power ShizukuishiThis company utilizes biogas generated from livestock excreta and food waste to conduct power generation business. It also sells digestive juice and compost to Koiwai farm, and the farm uses it in pastures.

23

W

W

L

L

S

Suzu, IshikawaSuzu City Purification CenterThis center installs the fermentation facility to processconcentration and mixing of sewage sludge and garbage, etc. at purification center. The heat of generated biogas is utilized for warming a fermenter and for drying fermentation residues.

S F

F

F

W

SF

L OWoody biomass

Livestock excrementFood waste Sewage sludge

FL Taketoyo-cho, AichiEIZEN Co., Ltd.This company ferments food waste discharged from food production companies and utilizes the good quality part as feed and the other as fertilizer. Fertilizer is used for cultivating feed crops.

F

Toyosato-cho, ShigaAburatou Shoji, Co., LtdThis company produces biodiesel fuel by the separationand purification of waste edibleoil salvaged from school lunch programs and the food Service industry and sells it as mixed light oil (B5) at gas stations.

O

circumstances surrounding the utilization of biomass②reduce waste disposal costs and efforts...

Documents