Mitsubishi and Hokkaido University to promote biomass fuel project

TOKYO January 25, 2004 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) and Hokkaido University signed an agreement Friday to cooperate in joint development of a new energy system based on thinned wood. MHI and the university will share research results and exchange personnel in order to develop a practical system under the agreement running through March 2010.

The agreement stemmed from the partners' joint studies since last November on fuels based on biomass, organic material that can be converted into energy. Biomass fuels include wood, wood waste, manure and many other byproducts from a variety of agricultural processes.