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Tokyo, JAPAN -- October 26, 2024 The Power Beneath Your Feet: Japan Harnesses Energy From Footsteps -- Power-Generating Floors Offer New Source of Clean Energy! In Japan, electricity is being produced using piezoelectric tiles that convert mechanical pressure, such as footsteps, into small amounts of energy. This technology utilizes the piezoelectric effect, where specific materials generate an electric charge when subjected to mechanical stress. Commonly placed in high-traffic locations like train stations, these tiles capture the movement of pedestrians to create renewable energy, which can be used to power lighting, small devices, or other nearby systems. A piezoelectric power mat installed outside a popular Japanese train station is introducing commuters to the usefulness of self-generating energy. The 90-square-centimeter, 2.5-centimeter-thick mat at the Shibuya station in Tokyo, Japan, generates electricity every time a person steps on it, lighting up a Holiday light display on one of the station’s wall. It also powers […] The 90-square-centimeter, 2.5-centimeter-thick mat at the Shibuya station in Tokyo, Japan, generates electricity every time a person steps on it, lighting up a Holiday light display on one of the station's wall. It also powers an LED board that updates, in real time, the total amount of electricity created. It is estimated that 2.4 million people pass through the huge Shibuya Station every day. The piezoelectric mat creates a voltage of energy by applying a charge between the material sheets at the moment of impact, or what some call 'applied mechanical stress.'The power is stored inside the capacitors and sent to the displays. https://lnkd.in/e3nqBheT

Tokyo, JAPAN -- September 06, 2024 Kansai Electric Power: Towards Transferring Japanese Waste to Energy 2.0 Technology And Setting WtE Power Plant in Tanger Morocco! Japan dominated 70% of the Asia-Pacific industry for Waste-to-Energy (WtE) in 2019, and the country's WtE market is expected to register a CAGR of more than 12% during the forecast period, 2020-2025. Factors, such as industrialization, increasing population, consumption, depletion of resources, generation of waste and increasing focus on non-fossil fuel sources of energy have been driving the adoption of the waste-to-energy market in the country. Morocco is one of the biggest producers of solid waste in the Middle East and North Africa region, at 1 Kg of waste per person per day in 2022. However, with a population of over 37 million people, the waste still adds up to millions of tons a day. Once Morocco’s waste is collected, where does it all go? Right now, to open dumps, landfills and most recently, under a new government initiative, to ‘valorization centers’. These modified landfills capture methane that comes from the fermentation of the waste, and burn it to produce heat. Once this is done, the leftover waste is buried. The concept of a national-scale waste sorting and recycling is still in its infancy. In fact, 6% of Morocco’s recyclable waste was actually recycled. Therefore, most of Morocco’s waste ends up in landfill. By using Waste to Energy Technology through Pyrolysis & Gasification Process, one tonne of waste could generate, depending on the calorific value LHV MJ/kg, the same quantity of energy as burning 0.2 tonnes of fossil fuel (a power plant of 300 MW consumes almost 350 000 tonnes of fossil fuel per annum). The typical range of net electrical energy that can be produced is about 700 kWh of electricity per ton of waste converted through Pyrolysis & Gasification process. Thus, the processing of 2K tons per day of waste will produce 1.200 MWh of clean electrical energy replacing fossil baseload power.

Tokyo, JAPAN -- February 13, 2024 Kansai International Management: Towards Setting-up Japan Technology-Led WtE 2.0 Power Plant in Tanger Morocco ! Abstract : Japan dominated over 60% of the Asia-Pacific industry for Waste-to-Energy (WtE) in 2019, and the country's WtE market is expected to register a CAGR of more than 12% during the forecast period, 2020-2025. Factors, such as industrialization, increasing population, consumption, depletion of resources, generation of waste and increasing focus on non-fossil fuel sources of energy have been driving the adoption of the waste-to-energy market in the country. The Kingdom of Morocco is playing a key role in fostering the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) mission in Africa. “Through TICAD Japan has promoted the principles of both global partnership and African ownership. Japan and its African partners believe that priorities for economic and social development should be determined by African countries themselves, and development should be pursued under a common framework for cooperation among all development actors." Morocco is one of the biggest producers of solid waste in the Middle East and North Africa region, at 1 Kg of waste per person per day in 2020. However, with a population of over 37 million people, the waste still adds up to millions of tons a day. Once Morocco’s waste is collected, where does it all go? Right now, to open dumps, landfills and most recently, under a new government initiative, to ‘valorization centers’. These modified landfills capture methane that comes from the fermentation of the waste, and burn it to produce heat. Once this is done, the leftover waste is buried. The concept of a national-scale waste sorting and recycling is still in its infancy. According to a report published by the Moroccan Ministry for Energy and Sustainable Development, in 2020 only 6% of Morocco’s recyclable waste was actually recycled. Therefore, most of Morocco’s waste ends up in landfill. Kansai International Management has conducted a feasibility study on Tanger (Mghogha Landfill) which receives almost 0.5 million tonnes per year of garbage. By using Waste to Energy Technology through Pyrolysis & Gasification Process, one tonne of waste could generate, depending on the calorific value LHV MJ/kg, the same quantity of energy as burning 0.2 tonnes of fossil fuel (a power plant of 300 MW consumes almost 350 000 tonnes of fossil fuel per annum). The typical range of net electrical energy that can be produced is about 500 to 600 kWh of electricity per ton of waste converted through Pyrolysis & Gasification process. Thus, the processing of about 2,200 tons per day of waste will produce about 1.200 MWh of clean electrical energy replacing fossil baseload power. https://lnkd.in/dgj7rnth

Tokyo, JAPAN -- December 01, 2023 Explore Kansai International Management Article on PECB Insights Magazine: Tangier, Morocco -- The New Eldorado in The African Continent! Tangier sits at the crossroads of trade routes and civilizations – on African soil, but just a few miles from Europe’s southern shores. Throughout its history, this exceptional location has attracted merchants, bankers, artists, vacationers, and all manner of adventurers, becoming a cosmopolitan, multilingual place, highly tolerant of diversity. Tangier city was able to spur economic growth and create jobs for its rising population, especially given that it is not endowed with oil or natural gas reserves like many others in the region.   Tanger created new jobs three times as fast as Morocco as a whole (employment growth averaged 2.7% and 0.9% per year, respectively), while also outpacing national GDP growth by about a tenth.   The geographical location of Tanger city is considered a very strategic pathway to Europe, Americas, and Middle East. Since 2000, Tanger City grabbed the Royal’s attention for transforming the city into a business hub in the Mediterranean region. the Moroccan central government embarked on a massive investment in infrastructure, including the vast new state-of-the-art Tanger-Med Port, modern high-speed train system ‘‘Al Boraq’’ catalyzing the distance between Morocco two major economic poles Tanger-Casablanca, modern rail system and road links, upgraded airports, as well as a range of market-opening initiatives such as free trade agreements, open skies airline travel, and relaxed investment and visa regimes. Such measures benefitted the whole country in general, but especially gateway cities such as Tanger. The Royal and Moroccan government support is very significant and has direct impact in fostering existing and future FDIs. Indeed, many government bodies were created for this purpose mainly Tanger Mediterranean Special Agency (TMSA) and associated governing entities such as : Tanger Free Zone (TFZ), Tanger Med Port Authority, and Tanger Automotive City TAC I and TAC II.   These national “enabling” interventions were accompanied by highly successful local ones. The city and regional governments embarked on a host of “place-making” initiatives to improve the quality of life for Tanger’s residents and visitors alike, from better water supply and waste management, to the preservation of green spaces, restoration of cultural monuments and beaches, and reduced traffic congestion and pollution through more effective geospatial planning. Meanwhile, the city’s old port of Tanger Ville is being redeveloped, helping to attract cruise ships, and allows the construction of a new Marina.   https://lnkd.in/eD9dfEsD