NEDO’s Activities on Carbon Recycling
March, 2023

Environment Department

Director / Project Manager

Jun Yoshida, Ph.D.
0About NEDO
Our Missions

Addressing energy and global environmental problems
Enhancing industrial technology
Our Functions

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NEDO’s Activity Areas and Budget (FY2022)
FY2022 tentative budget; 1.28 billion US Dollars

System provision technology
Energy technology such as batteries
Technology related to hydrogen production,
storage, transport, and use
Renewable energy technology

Robot and AI technology
IoT, electronics, and information technology
Manufacturing technology
Materials and nanotechnology
Biotechnology

Technology to harness unutilized thermal energy
Environmentally-friendly steel manufacturing
technology
Development of high-efficiency coal-fired power
generation technology
CO2 capture, utilization and storage
Fluorocarbon recovery technology
3R technology, including resource screening andmetal refining technology
International demonstrations, Joint Crediting
Mechanism activities, and others

Fostering technology-based startups
Promotion of open innovation*In addition to the above, the following programs will be funded and conducted as publicly solicited research and development projects.
Moonshot Research and Development; 206 million USD
Research and Development Project for Enhancement of the Bases for Post-5G Information and Communication Systems; 2.5 million USD
Green Innovation Fund Projects; 16.3 billion USD
Program for Developing Important Economic Security Technologies; 1.02 billion USD
Programs for Specified Semiconductor Production-Related Development; 5.04 billion USD

2About Carbon Recycling

3Concept of Carbon Recycling

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Products of Carbon Recycling

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Carbon Recycling Technology Roadmap

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“Osaki CoolGen” Project andCarbon Recycling RD&D Base7

“Osaki CoolGen” Project Site forIntegrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle & Carbon Recycling

Osaki Kamijima, Hiroshima Prefecture8Outline of IGCC / IGFC System
for Osaki CoolGen Project

CRRD&DBase9

Facilities at Osaki CoolGen SiteCarbon Recycling RD&D Base

IGCC / IGFC Demonstration
Project(Osaki CoolGen Project)
IGCC: Integrated Coal Gasification
Combined Cycle
IGFC: Integrated Coal Gasification
Fuel Cell Combined Cycle

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Outline of Carbon Recycling RD&D Baseat Osaki Kamijima
Project started since 2020
Full operation since 2022 May

11 research teams consists of 22 entities
are working at the base

Algae researcharea

Demonstration
research area

Basic researcharea
11Sub-projects of Carbon Recycling RD&D Base (1)Demonstration Research Area
Sub-projects

Contractors

Development of efficient CO2-use concrete

The Chugoku Electric PowerCo., Inc, Kajima Corporationand Mitsubishi Corporation

Development of Gas-to-Lipids Bioprocess

Hiroshima University andChugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

Research on selective synthesis technology of chemical
products for carbon recycling

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
and Osaka University

Demonstration of carbon recycling technology using seawater Waseda University andSasakura Corporation
for multiproduct delivery

Algal Research Area
Sub-projects

Contractors

Establishment of a research & technology center forindustrialization of bio-jet fuel and improvement of CO2
utilization efficiency with microalgae

Institute of Microalgal
Technology, Japan (IMAT)12Sub-projects of Carbon Recycling RD&D Base (2)Basic Research Area
Sub-projects

Contractors

Producing key raw materials using diamond electrode from
CO2 in the coal power plant emission gases

Keio University,
Tokyo University of Scienceand JCOAL

R&D on the methods for CO2 decomposition / reduction
processes using atmospheric pressure plasma

Tokai National Higher Education& Research System andKawada Industries, Inc.

Development of the technologies for production andutilization of Algal biomass for efficient utilization of CO2

Nippon Steel CorporationSynthesis of silicon carbide from industrial waste using CO2
as carbon source

Tohoku University

R&D of the technologies and processes for carbon-recycled
LPG production

ENEOS GLOBE Corporation,Nippon Steel Corporation andToyama University

R&D on CO2 fixation and useful chemicals production using
microalgae

Algal Bio Co., Ltd. andKansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

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Demonstration
Research Area
Technology demonstration ofCO2-Use Concrete

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Algal Research Area
Algae cultivation room operated
by IMAT

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Basic Research Area
(Left) Basic Research Building
with six laboratory rooms(Right) Common Use Building
consists of conference rooms,
an analysis room, etc.

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