Activities

As the climate crisis becomes a major important challenge, Japan needs to contribute to global decarbonization by actively spreading its companies' excellent energy-efficient and renewable smart technologies and products abroad. The Japanese government 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) is carrying out overseas decarbonization projects and businesses through the collaboration among member companies and the government.

• Working groups were 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, supporting from public sector.
• Business Environment Enhancement for targeted countries.(Energy saving standard, introduction of business plan)
• Formulation of finace scheme
• Establishment of public and private network in both domestic and 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. In order, especially for ASEAN countries to acknowledge the concept, JASE-W ZEB WG has been convening workshops and seminars in these countries to familiarize themselves with the concept and to announce a step-by-step approach for promoting ZEB is essential. The WG had also been working in the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) committee concerned (TC205). In September 2021, this step-by step approach was issued as TS23764 (Methodology for achieving non-residential zero-energy buildings (ZEBs)).

 Activities

• Started in 2022, this WG is trying to disseminate greener and decarbonized integrated power supply systems in remote islands or industrial parks etc in Asia, by using solar and biomass power generation as main power sources combined with batteries and smart energy management technologies. METI also supports the activity in association with their proposed scheme: AETI (Asia Energy Transition Initiative) which facilitates energy transition and decarbonization of Asian countries.
• Based on the demo-project that has already been installed and operated in a remote island in Indonesia, several islands in other regions have been selected and discussions and studies are now underway with close cooperation with the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the national power company.

 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, in 2020 JASE-W set up the WG 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 realize in the near future. 
• Getting the cooperation of Japanese development assistance agencies and financial institutions, as well as a local state-owned  financial bank for regional development, the WG is seeking to organise a project for a highly energy-efficient sewage treatment system in Turkey. 

 Activities

• To facilitate fuel conversion from coal/oil to natural gas and introduction of cogeneration systems mainly in Asia, the WG was launched in May 2022 as a reorganization and development of the previous WG to introduce cogeneration systems (see below), with the aim to build projects in association with the AETI concept advocated by the METI.
• The WG has set India as its primary target and goes on hearings and discussions among member companies about the local industrial needs to understand the status of installed boilers in India etc, and is currently working to narrow down regions and industrial estates where the project potentials are high.

 Activities

• Construction of robust, highly efficient, and cleaner next-generation electric power transmission networks that can respond to the increase of renewable energy and digitalization is a matter of urgency in many countries.
• The WG was established in May 2022 to seek for such project in Indonesia as a part of achieving the METI's AETI scheme.
• A study working group has been established with the participation of the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the national power company: PLN.
• The meetings and discussions are underway to strengthen inter-island electric power transmission networks in Indonesia and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation among the parties concerned is also being considered.

 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 outstanding water treatment technologies and water infrastructure-related technologies and equipment overseas, leading to various energy efficiency and carbon-neutral solutions, water pollution prevention, and clean water supply.

Activities

• The WG was launched in July 2022.
• A memorandum of understanding has been signed in response to a request for cooperation from the city of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Its member companies are studying to promote the introduction of 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 is also collaborating with ECCJ and Turkey / the Black Sea Region WG to promote activities.

Activities

• For promoting Co-Generation (CHP) technologies which greatly contribute to energy saving and carbon reduction in the world, JASE-W established a Working Group for CHP Promotion in 2017. Putting special focus on Indonesia and collabolating with Japanese ministries, the WG has been made negotiations with Indonesian government and its electric power company.  

Through the following initiatives in collaboration with the public and private sectors, we 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

A mission consisting of the public and private sectors will be dispatched to countries where the possibility of concrete project realization and business establishment is expected based on a result of previously made research and analysis. 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.

• April 2018:  Mr. Aoyama, Chairman planning & Operation Committee handed to Mr.Amin, 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 Chair of the Water Technology Working Group visited Mongolia and handed to the Minister of Environment, and Mr. Kobayashi, Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia