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2023/09/26

Hokkaido Prefecture Governor Suzuki visited the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Center on September 23 (Sat)

Hokkaido Prefecture Governor Suzuki visited the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Center on September 23 (Sat).
A tour of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Center was given by Mr. Iwakura, Mayor of Tomakomai City, Mr. Saeki, Director for CCS Policy, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Mr. Fukunaga, General Manager, Environment Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and Mr. Nakajima, President of Japan CCS.
Following the tour, Governor Suzuki commented to media covering the event, “CCS and CCUS, indispensable and vital technologies in achieving a zero-carbon Hokkaido and carbon neutrality in our country are being demonstrated on a large scale only at Tomakomai. I acknowledged anew the importance of the role of Japan CCS with a view towards realizing the commerciality of these technologies.”
In addition, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., and Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. provided an explanation on the status of the studies aiming for the commercialization of CCS in Tomakomai, which was selected by Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) as an “Advanced CCS Project”.