Activities

As the climate crisis becomes a global crusial challenge, Japanese companies need to contribute to global decarbonization by actively spreading their excellent energy-efficient and renewable smart technologies and products abroad. The government of Japan is also supporting this movement toward cleaner energy transition and carbon neutrality in Asia and the world. The Japanese Business Alliance for Smart Energy Worldwide (JASE-W) was established to carry out overseas decarbonization projects and businesses through collaboration among member companies and the government.

• Working groups are established for creating smart energy business projects through collaboration of various companies and organizations.
• Examine obstacles to promote smart energy business and try to find solutions, by getting supports from the public sector.
• Business Environment Enhancement for targeted countries. (Energy saving standard, introduction of business plan)
• Formulation of financial scheme
• Strengthen public and private network both in domestic and in abroad.

 Activities

• ZEB—(net) Zero Energy Building—is a concept that energy input and output for buildings should be ultimately equal by introducing energy-efficient and renewable equipment. To acknowledge the concept, especially for ASEAN countries, JASE-W ZEB WG has been convening workshops and seminars in these countries to familiarize themselves with it and announce that a step-by-step approach for promoting ZEB is important. 
• The WG has also been working in the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) committee concerned (TC205), and the ISO issued TS (Technical Specification) 23764 on the ZEB concept in September 2021. 
• The WG has a system that provides support from design to energy management. The WG is working to promote ZEB demonstrations in each country. In Malaysia, the WG is collaborating with the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) to showcase ZEBs in existing buildings. And it will expand its activities in other countries.

 Objectives

• To establish decarbonized energy supply systems in remote islands and industrial parks etc., using solar and biomass power generation as main power sources, combined with storage batteries and optimal energy management systems.

 Activities

• In 2023, this WG dispatched missions to Indonesia and tried to participate in a large-scale tender conducted by Indonesian state-owned electric company for “de-dieselize remote islands” (48 areas in the west and 46 in the east of Indonesia). Also this WG has been promoting a project for grid stabilization using multiple renewable energy sources on a remote island in North Kalimantan Province and which was selected as a candidate for NEDO international demonstration project, and proceeded to determine the demonstration site and basic design of a biomass-fired boiler.

• From 2024 to 2025, this WG has been working on NEDO pre-demonstration study for the remote island project in North Kalimantan, with the ultimate goal of 100% renewable energy generation on the island.

 Activities

• Focusing on surrounding countries and major cities around the Black Sea where rapid energy transition is progressing by the prevalence of natural gas and gas pipeline networks, JASE-W set up the WG in 2020 to explore energy saving potentials and cooperative energy business opportunities in this region.
• Until now study meetings have been made among the WG members and public-private joint business mission to this area will be realized in the near future. 
• Getting the cooperation of Japanese development assistance agencies and financial institutions, as well as a local state financial bank for regional development, the WG is seeking to organize a project for a highly energy-efficient and disaster-resilient sewage treatment system in Turkey. 
• A joint public-private mission was dispatched to Turkey in September 2023.

 Objectives

• To explore the possibility of forming new geothermal projects in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and other countries, as well as to study the possibility of supplying  power generation facilities, and promote decarbonization through further geothermal development.

 Activities

• In FY2024, the WG continued to explore the potential for new geothermal  initiatives in Indonesia, and also studied the possibility of new initiatives in Papua  New Guinea. 
• Specifically, the WG exchanged information with PNG Power Ltd, Mineral  Resources Authority and National Energy Authority of Papua New Guinea, and  based on a request from Kumul Consolidated Holdings, JASE-W started  arrangements to conclude an MOU for cooperation on geothermal development  with them. In addition, the WG business mission visited Papua New Guinea in  March 2025 to attend a meeting for concluding the MOU and to inspect potential  geothermal development sites.

 Objectives

• To propose and introduce a natural gas utilization system including efficient  management of electricity and heat as a transitional form of energy transition in Asian coal intensive countries.

 Activities

• In 2022, the Working Group was established as a reorganization and development of the Working Group for CHP Promotion, with the aim of building projects in  collaboration with the AZEC concept proposed by the Japanese Government. 
• The working group has set India as its target, and through repeated discussions  and interviews with member companies on their business needs,  has narrowed  down states, regions, and industrial parks with project potential, and is working to  understand the status of boilers, generators, etc, and to propose and introduce a  highly efficient natural gas utilization system including cogeneration.
• In September 2023, the WG sent a mission to Tamil Nadu, India to promote  Japanese boiler technology etc and exchanged opinions.
• In November 2024, JASE-W held “Japan-India Business Forum on Energy  Conservation and CO2 Emission Reduction” in Chennai in cooperation with METI,  and JICA/Tamil Nadu State Government which the WG has been collaborating in the greening of industry, and the WG participated in this forum as part of its activities.

  Objectives

• To promote the construction of robust, highly efficient, and cleaner next-generation electric power transmission networks overseas that respond to the increase in renewable energy-derived electric power and the progress of digitalization.

 Activities

• The Working Group was established in May 2022 with the aim of building projects in collaboration with the AZEC concept proposed by the Japanese government.
• Aiming to strengthen the construction of power grid networks among islands in Indonesia, a local working group was established in parallel in Jakarta with the participation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Indonesia and the state-owned electric power company.
• In December 2022, the WG participated in a joint mission of JASE-W and METI to Indonesia and explained the outline of the concept to MEMR officials.
• In May 2023, a MOU for the promotion of projects was signed between the Japanese and the Indonesian concerned, after which Java-Sumatra interconnector was officially selected as the pilot project.
• In 2024, the WG applied for a publicly funded F/S study for the Java-Sumatra interconnector, which was adopted, and the WG proceeded to examine the PPP scheme with unsolicited proposal, legal, commercial, and technical aspects of the project. In addition, the WG was sounded by the state-owned power company to conduct a joint study on the construction of power grids throughout Indonesia, and which has been conducted in cooperation.

 Objectives

• To seek Waste to Energy (WtE) projects in the world with the aims to disseminate Japanese advanced WtE plant technologies as truly socially and environmentally sound infrastructure system consistent with the situation of each country.

 Activities

• The Working Group on WtE was established in 2017 and they drafted Handbook for the Quality WtE Infrastructure which pursues really beneficial facilities for each country. The concept of the Handbook has been broadly announced to many countries or at conferences related to APEC, for example. 
• Also Japanese advanced WtE technologies has been demonstrated at many opportunities such as JASE-W Business Forums and Overseas Exhibitions.  
• To date, technical visits and basic potential studies have been conducted for the Philippines, Indonesia, Turkey, and Brazil etc.

Objectives 

• The WG aims to develop Japan's excellent water treatment technologies and water infrastructure technologies and related equipment overseas, leading to various energy efficiency and carbon-neutral solutions, water pollution prevention, and cleaner water supply.

Activities

• The WG was launched in July 2022.
• Building and fostering a cooperative relationship with the city of Ulaanbaatar. The member companies will be studying to promote the introduction of excellent Japanese water purification technology to leather and textile factories and sewage treatment plants in Mongolia, and then will seek various potentials in the Middle East and Asia.
• The WG will also be considering the possibilities of collaboration with other JASE-W WGs and ECCJ to develop activities.

Through the following initiatives in collaboration with the public and private sectors, JASE-W will comprehensively and practically support the development of energy-saving businesses of Japanese companies. 

1) Dispatch missions to target countries to participate in Exhibitions or energy related meetings and events (including approaches using the web, etc.) 
2) Hold overseas business forums for the purpose of business development of the Japanese companies 
3) Others (dissemination of information domestically and internationally, survey analysis for discovering business projects, etc.)

Activities

Missions consisting of the public and private sectors will be dispatched to countries where the possibility of concrete project realization and business establishment are expected based on  researchs and analysts. Set matching opportunities between Japanese companies and partner countries, as necessary.

Activities

Forums are to be held to promote Japanese energy saving and renewable energy technologies to the target countries and to carry out business matching between Japanese and local companies together with the local government.

Major Distribution History

• April 2018:  Mr. Aoyama, Chairman of Planning & Operation Committee handed to Mr. Amin (then), Director General of International Renewable Energy Agency
• May 2018: Mr. Aoyama handed Mr. Harris, Director of Various New and Renewable Energy, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia
• July 2019: Presented to the Director General of the Abu Dhabi Energy Authority of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi visiting to the ECCJ
• November 2019: Distributed to executives of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Electricity Company etc. during a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• November 2020: Handed to Mr. Petrus, Commercial Counselor to the Embassy of Romania in Japan
• May 2021: Visited the Embassy of Turkey in Tokyo and presented to H.E. Ambassador Dr Mercan  (then)
• June 2021: Presented to Mr. Turgunov, Counsellor of the Council, who visited the JASE-W
• August 2022: The Head of the Water Technology Working Group visited Mongolia and handed to the Minister of Environment, and Mr. Kobayashi, Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia
• Jan. and Feb. 2023: Gave to VIP visitors at the Exhibitions of WFES in Abu Dhabi and ENEX in Tokyo
• August 2023: Distributed at the ASEW Exhibition in Bangkok
• September 2023: Presented to the representatives of institutions/companies at the business mission to Turkey
• December 2023: Presented to the international VIPS at the COP28 in Abu Dhabi
• July 2024: Gave to a high official of Thais Energy Ministry who visited the JASE-W booth in ASEW
• March 2025: Presented to the executives of Kumul Consolidated Holdings and National Energy Authority during a visit to Papua New Guinea