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TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Evero Energy Group Limited (Evero; previously known as Bioenergy Infrastructure Group), a leading low-carbon waste-to-energy company, has announced that it will be partnering with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), one of the world's leading industrial groups, to deliver its InBECCS (Ince Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) project.Ince Bio Power (Photo courtesy of Evero Energy Group)The InBECCS project will be retrofitted on Evero's Ince Bio Power site, a waste wood to energy facility located in the North-West of England, with excellent proximity to the Hynet industrial cluster.Greg Williams, Head of External Affairs at Evero, said "Installing carbon capture on Ince Bio Power will result in a BECCS project with excellent sustainability credentials, and the ability to deliver engineered removals at scale. Its feedstock is locally sourced waste wood that would otherwise be landfilled or exported. It is also well positioned on the Protos energy park in close proximity to HyNet's prospective CO2 pipeline."The project would generate as much as 250,000 tonnes of engineered carbon removals a year, once operational in 2029 and deliver ~5% of the Government's 2030 Greenhouse Gas Removals target, due to the project's high biogenic content waste wood feedstock*.BECCS will have an important role to play in helping to achieve the UK's net-zero targets, as the most scalable technology available today, to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The UK Government's recently published Biomass Strategy identified that BECCS using end of life waste wood - as used in Ince Bio Power - is a highly sustainable form of BECCS.Simon Hicks, CEO of Evero, said: "The project will play an important role in developing additional skills, knowledge, and export opportunities for carbon capture - enabling the North West to grow the green economy."Kenji Terasawa, CEO and Head of Engineering Solutions at MHI, said: "BECCS will be a key instrument to decarbonise our power systems on the way to net zero. We look forward to applying our extensive expertise on CO2 capture in Evero's innovative InBECCS project, helping the UK reach its ambitious decarbonisation targets."The project will utilise MHI's amine solvent technology, the Advanced KM CDR Process™ (Kansai Mitsubishi Carbon Dioxide Recovery Process), which the company has been developing in a collaborative partnership with Kansai Electric Power that dates back to 1990. As of November 2023, MHI has delivered 16 plants adopting its technology, and two more are currently under construction.　About EveroEvero is a leading low-carbon waste-to-energy company, with operations across the UK. As a key advocate for the circular economy, Evero is diverting one million tonnes of waste and waste wood from landfill every year and repurposing it to provide low carbon electricity to over 100,000 homes. Evero is committed to a future where waste is repurposed into low carbon products and the planet rebalanced.Evero is well-placed to play an important role in the UK's net-zero transition through the application of pivotal gasification and BECCS technologies. For more information, please visit https://evero.energy/.*The UK Government has committed to achieving 5m tonnes per year of engineered greenhouse gas removals by 2030. See HMG, Powering Up Britain - The Net Zero Growth Plan (2023), p. 44About MHI GroupMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world’s leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. For more information, please visit www.mhi.com or follow our insights and stories on spectra.mhi.com. Copyright 2023 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.

TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been selected as licensor of CO2 capture technology for the project known as EET Industrial Carbon Capture which is underway at the Stanlow Refinery, owned and operated by Essar Oil UK Limited in Cheshire County in northwest England. Essar Oil UK is the UK arm of the Essar Group, a multinational conglomerate based in India.Stanlow Refinery, Cheshire County, UK (photo courtesy of Essar Oil UK)The project at Stanlow will capture CO2 emissions from the fluid catalytic cracker in the refinery process. This contributes to Stanlow becoming the UK's first low-carbon refinery. Once it is built, it will capture approximately 860,000 tons of CO2 per year. The project is supported by HyNet, the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) cluster in northwest England. The captured CO2 will be permanently sequestered into depleted gas fields under the sea in Liverpool Bay.MHI, as a licensor of the project's CO2 capture technology, will support the project by providing the basic engineering design package (BEDP) applying its "Advanced KM CDR Process™," CO2 capture technology jointly developed with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.The British Government has set a target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In line with this initiative, the requisite infrastructure, including formation of CCUS clusters, is being developed to carry out all related processes - from CO2 capture to transportation and storage – at each of the country's targeted industrial zones.In October 2021, then the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) designated two CCUS clusters, HyNet and East Coast. This is still being supported by the subsequent new department, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The project at Stanlow targets 2028 as the start of operations of EET Industrial Carbon Capture.Essar Oil UK is actively advancing the decarbonization of its refinery and putting it at the forefront of UK's energy transition. In order to commit this, the company is investing US$1.2 billion over the next five years to lower emissions from the refinery.MHI Group has formally declared its intent to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, and the Company is now working strategically to decarbonize both the energy demand and supply sides. A core element of the Company's "Energy Transition," which targets decarbonization on the energy supply side, is the development of a CO2 solutions ecosystem integrating diverse sources of carbon emissions with modes for carbon storage and utilization. Through provision of the carbon capture technology at Stanlow, the Company will contribute to execution of the project and realization of the UK's first CO2 capture for a refinery, and thereby boost its presence within the UK's CCUS market. Going forward, MHI Group will continue to respond to the decarbonization needs of diverse industrial sectors.About MHI Group's CO2 capture technologiesMHI Group has been developing the KM CDR Process™ (Kansai Mitsubishi Carbon Dioxide Recovery Process) and the Advanced KM CDR Process™ in collaboration with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. since 1990. As of November 2023, the Company has delivered 16 plants adopting the KM CDR Process™, and two more are currently under construction. The Advanced KM CDR Process™ adopts the KS-21™ solvent, which incorporates technological improvements over the amine-based KS-1™ adopted at all 16 of the commercial CO2 capture plants delivered to date. The advanced version offers superior regeneration efficiency and lower deterioration than the KS-1™, and it has been verified to provide excellent energy saving performance, reduce operation costs, and result in low amine emissions.For further information on MHI Group's CO2 capture plants: www.mhi.com/products/engineering/co2plants.htmlAbout MHI GroupMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world’s leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. For more information, please visit www.mhi.com or follow our insights and stories on spectra.mhi.com. Copyright 2023 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.

TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has carried out autonomous inspections at a refinery employing the "ASCENT," a second-generation "EX ROVR" plant inspection robot with explosion-proof features(1) currently under joint development with ENEOS Corporation. The inspection testing took place at ENEOS's Oita Refinery in Kyushu within the framework of the two companies' joint R&D program for the 2023 fiscal year(2). Conducted between June and the end of September, the operational tests confirmed the ASCENT's outstanding mobility performance in diverse environmental conditions including uneven floor levels in the refinery's oil dike, narrow spaces, grass and gravel surfaces, pooled water, and night-time operations. The test program also succeeded in acquiring visual images of instrumentation, thermal scans, and acoustic mapping information to replace manned inspection in a refinery setting.MHI also showcased the EX ROVR ASCENT at the SPRINT Robotics World Conference for Inspection & Maintenance Robotics 2023, held in Houston, Texas, in October(3). Here, the Company introduced the results of its long-term trial runs conducted together with ENEOS, as well as ENEOS's roadmap for fully integrating EX ROVR at their assets by 2030. The new robot was enthusiastically received by visitors from around the world, resulting in inquiries from business operators across the globe.Because the EX ROVR can perform round-the-clock inspections in potentially explosive environments, it is well positioned to provide value through enhancing worker safety, boosting work efficiency, and improving facility operating rates. EX ROVR employs a 6-DOF (Note4) explosion-proof robotic arm with an integrated lighting and camera system that enables close-up, front-facing photography of plant instrumentation in complex arrangements from a variety of positions. The EX ROVR can also perform measurement of gas concentration, acoustic mapping, and acquisition of thermal scans. Moreover, when the robot is used in combination with the provided online app, a standard feature, the operator can perform remote operations, manage inspection schedules, and review inspection data. In the event of an incident occurring in the plant, remote operations enable rapid assessment of on-site conditions, thereby contributing to higher plant inspection efficiency and safe, swift resolution of the incident in question.The EX ROVR has been designed for an optimal human-machine interface, making robot operations easy to perform. This capability has enabled the operator to master control and integration of the robot at the ENEOS refinery in a short time. It also enables remote operations, mission planning, and inspection operations to be automatically performed while the plant remains in operation.Going forward, MHI will continue to accumulate inspection data through long-term robotic trials. The Company will also proceed with the development of an app which will provide automatic, early detection of anomalies based on accumulated data to further enhance the EX ROVR's product value.(1) A robot described as "explosion-proof" is equipped with features that collectively limit the danger of the robot igniting an explosion or fire from its own electric parts or heat in environments filled with flammable gas.(2) For details on this collaboration, refer to the following news releases:https://www.mhi.com/news/20091002.html; https://www.mhi.com/news/220411.html(3) SPRINT Robotics World Conferences showcase today's most advanced inspection robots from around the world. Participants include the major oil and gas companies, manufacturers of plant maintenance robots and equipment, etc.4DOF: degrees-of-freedom. The EX ROVR's robotic arm and gripper can move in the upward, downward, right, left, forward and rear directions. It can also tilt forward or backward, swing to the left or right, and rotate to the left or right in a tilted orientation.For more information, visit www.mhi.com/news/23110901.html.About MHI GroupMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world’s leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. For more information, please visit www.mhi.com or follow our insights and stories on spectra.mhi.com. Copyright 2023 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.

TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Yazaki Corporation (Yazaki) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) have conducted a demonstration experiment using the "NEC Digital Robot Motion Planning Solution" to automatically generate motion plans for multiple robots using AI in the manufacture of wire harnesses(1) for automobiles.Multiple robots used in manufacturingIn this demonstration experiment, the need for a teaching process (work to create a motion plan for an industrial robot), which used to take engineers 40 days, was eliminated, and motion plans were automatically generated by AI in just one day. In addition, the AI reduced the time required for the manufacturing process by approximately 10% by using trial and error to create motion plans that increased production speed.Based on these results, the companies began testing for mass production of wire harnesses in October of this year, with the aim of commercializing a system in July 2025. This will be the first full-scale use in Japan(2) of a solution that uses AI to automatically generate motion plans for multiple robots to support the manufacture of multiple types of wire harnesses.This system was realized by combining the NEC Digital Robot Motion Planning Solution with a robot system and simulator for wire harness assembly at Yazaki Corporation.Specifically, product data, such as product design and work content, are input into the AI. After this, the AI and a simulator are linked. This automatically generates a motion plan that minimizes manufacturing time while at the same time ensuring that multiple robots and surrounding equipment do not interfere with each other. If there is interference after operation, the AI is notified and recalculates a motion plan to avoid interference. Furthermore, when new products are introduced or product specifications are changed, motion plans can be quickly calculated by inputting product data into the AI, eliminating the need for complex teaching processes.Yazaki will utilize multiple robots to promote flexible and rapid responses to the needs of variable-type, variable-volume production. By linking AI, which automatically generates motion plans, with production planning and performance data, energy consumption can be predicted and measured, contributing to the realization of carbon neutrality.NEC aims to commercialize this solution in 2024 and contribute to stable production and quality improvement through the realization of digital twins in the manufacturing field. Furthermore, NEC plans to globally deploy this solution to solve issues related to labor shortages and technology transfer.(1) Wire harnesses connect electrical and electronic devices in automobiles to supply power and transmit information within the vehicle. www.yazaki-group.com/en/automobile/wireharness/index.html(2) Based on NEC research as of the date of this announcement.ShareAbout Yazaki CorporationWe are the Yazaki Group of trust, which supports society everywhere.In your car, home, and city, the Yazaki Group’s products support your safety and comfort. We have developed a wide variety of products, from automotive wire harnesses to electric wires, gas appliances, air conditioners and solar thermal appliances. In addition, we are taking on new businesses centered on nursing care and eco-businesses. The common concept of the Yazaki Group’s products is "connecting." By connecting vehicle devices, people’s lives, and society, we will realize a prosperous future. The Yazaki Group will continue its challenge to be "a corporation in step with the world" and "a corporation needed by society." www.yazaki-group.com/global/.About NEC CorporationNEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com. Copyright 2023 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.

Lisbon, Portugal, Tokyo and Aichi, Japan, Nov 9, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Kagome Co., Ltd., (Kagome) NEC Corporation (NEC) and DXAS Agricultural Technology LDA (DXAS), a joint venture between Kagome and NEC, have introduced an agricultural ICT platform, "CropScope," which combines AI farming advice and automatic irrigation control functions compatible with pulse drip irrigation(1), to tomato fields in northern Italy and Portugal. In northern Italy, CropScope was introduced for the first time as a field trial conducted from April to August of this year, resulting in increased yield and requiring less irrigation compared to a field where the platform was not introduced. The platform was also commercially introduced recently to a large-scale tomato field in Portugal, and high yield was achieved.The three companies aim to contribute to sustainable agriculture by promoting environmentally friendly and profitable farming by expanding the areas in which CropScope is introduced, while also confirming reproducibility and effectively responding to water shortages at farming sites, which are challenges faced around the world.BackgroundRecently, in addition to soaring agricultural materials and energy prices, climate change, including drought, has severely damaged the cultivation of agricultural crops around the world. For sustainable agriculture, measures against water shortages have become an urgent issue. In order to resolve this, small and frequent irrigation is known as a cultivation method that reduces water consumption while maintaining the optimal soil water content. However, this method requires careful management while maintaining the fluctuating soil moisture content at an optimum level, and is not widely used because it is complex and requires a large workload for farmers with large or multiple fields.Outline and Results of the InitiativesThe three companies introduced CropScope services, which consist of AI farming advice and automated irrigation control functions compatible with pulse drip irrigation, to tomato fields in northern Italy and Portugal.A field trial of CropScope in northern Italy was able to increase yield by about 23% with about 19% less irrigation compared to a field that did not introduce the platform. It was confirmed that this system will produce good results even in new cultivation environments where climates, soil, etc. differ from those in the regions where CropScope was previously introduced. In Portugal, by combining the skills of experienced agronomists, it was able to obtain a high yield of 148t/ha on large commercial fields of about 21ha (total of 2 fields).Comments from the farmers in Italy and Portugal"We are extremely proud of the results achieved through the use of the CropScope platform in our tomato fields in Ferrara, Italy, thanks to the irrigation technology provided by Scarabelli Irrigazione(3) using a United Genetics variety of tomato. It has been an innovative journey that has concretely demonstrated how technology can be a valid ally of agriculture, especially at a time when environmental challenges and sustainability needs are increasingly pressing. The introduction of CropScope has marked a significant turning point in the management of crops, allowing us to optimize the use of water - a resource as precious as it is limited - and at the same time increase yields significantly. The adoption of CropScope has stimulated renewed interest in agriculture, attracting new talent to the sector and demonstrating that agriculture can be both traditional and cutting-edge," said Dr. Gianluca Vertuani, Gestioni Agricole Vertuani in Italy."Congratulations to CropScope and its cutting-edge technology, in collaboration with agronomist instructions, the platform has obtained meaningful results from this campaign in fields of significant size. The industrial tomato crop is one of the most difficult to produce, especially in the current unstable farming environment, which is why the support provided by CropScope is so needed for daily control of fields. Farmers will be collaborating with CropScope and DXAS for more sustainable agriculture in Portugal in the near future and this is very important for our sector," said Mr. João Geada, CEO of Herdade do Caldas in Portugal.Future developmentThe three companies plan to incorporate the knowledge gained from this initiative into the machine-learning of CropScope, and to improve the accuracy of AI farming advice and strengthen solutions by repeating field trials and increasing reproducibility. In addition, DXAS will reinforce its support for agricultural management by spreading this service to the worldwide processing tomato market.(1)Pulse drip irrigation is a cultivation method in which the amount of water and fertilizer required by a crop is given in many portions, and the optimum amount of soil moisture for the crop is maintained.(2)"UG11227" and "UG16112" are varieties of tomatoes from the Kagome Group’s United Genetics Seeds Co.(3)"Scarabelli Irrigazione" is an irrigation system partner with the field trial project in Italy.ShareAbout NEC CorporationNEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com. Copyright 2023 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.

TOKYO, Nov 9, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com) - Fujitsu today announced the development of the world's first technology to optimize the use of CPUs and GPUs by allocating resources in real time to give priority to processes with high execution efficiency, even when running programs that use GPUs. Fujitsu designed the new technology to address the global shortage of GPUs due to the explosive demand for generative AI, deep learning, and other applications, by optimizing users’ existing computing resources.Fujitsu has also developed a new technology for parallel processing that switches processing of multiple programs in real time without waiting for the completion of a running program in an HPC system that performs large-scale computations by linking multiple computers. This technology makes it possible to immediately execute the processing of applications that require large-scale computational resources and real-time performance like digital twin and generative AI programs.Fujitsu will provide the newly developed technology as part of a future computer workload broker, a software initiative currently under development that enables AI to automatically calculate and select the most appropriate resource for a problem that customers want to solve according to their requirements, including computation time, computation accuracy, and cost, and will continue to validate this technology with customers, to realize a platform that can solve societal problems and create innovation to achieve a sustainable future.Fujitsu will demonstrate these technologies at SC23, which will be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, from Sunday, November 12, 2023, with the HPC technology featured in the Research Posters program.Features of new technology1. World's first technology to use CPU and GPU even during program processing Fujitsu has developed the world's first technology to distinguish between programs that require a GPU and those that can be processed by a CPU, even when multiple programs are being processed, by predicting the rate of acceleration, and by allocating GPUs in real time for high-priority program processing.For example, as shown in Figure 1, if the user wants to efficiently process three programs using one CPU and two GPUs, it is possible to assign GPUs to programs 1 and 2 according to the availability of GPUs. Then, in response to the request of program 3, the GPU allocation is changed from program 1 to program 3 for performance measurement, and the degree of processing acceleration on the GPU is measured. As a result of the measurement, it is found that the overall processing time would be reduced by allocating the GPU to program 3 rather than to program 1. Therefore, the GPU would be allocated to program 3 and the CPU would be allocated to program 1 during that time. After program 2 is finished, the GPU becomes free, so the GPU is allocated to program 1 again, and in this way, the computational resources are allocated so that the program processing is completed in the shortest time.This technology makes it possible to quickly train models for processing graph AI data in the development of applications such as AI using GPUs and advanced image recognition.Figure 1. Image of CPU and GPU allocation switching2. World's first technology for real-time switching of execution of multiple programs on an HPC system Fujitsu has developed the world's first technology for real-time switching between multiple programs that can be used without waiting for the current program to conclude in an HPC system that links multiple computers, enabling HPC systems to be used to execute programs that require real-time performance.Because the conventional control method uses unicast communication, which switches program execution to each server one by one, variations in switching timing occur, making it difficult to perform batch switching of program execution in real time. By adopting broadcast communication that can be sent simultaneously to the communication that switches program execution, Fujitsu has enabled real-time batch switching of program execution by reducing the interval between program processing switches that affect program performance from a few seconds to 100 milliseconds in a 256 node HPC environment. Since the appropriate communication method depends on application requirements and network quality, the optimal communication method can be selected in consideration of the degree of performance improvement due to broadcast communication and performance degradation due to packet loss.This technology enables applications requiring real-time performance for digital twins, generative AI, and materials and drug discovery to be executed more rapidly using HPC-like computational resources.Figure 2. Differences in communication methods used to switch program executionFuture PlansIn the future, Fujitsu plans to use the CPU/GPU resource optimization technology for processing that requires GPUs for its Fujitsu Kozuchi (code name) - AI Platform, which allows users to quickly test advanced AI technologies. The HPC optimization technology will also be applied to Fujitsu's 40 qubit quantum computer simulator for collaborative computing using a large number of nodes.Fujitsu will additionally consider applications for Fujitsu Computing as a Service HPC, which offers users the ability to develop and execute applications for simulation, AI, and combinatorial optimization problems, as well as the Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) architecture, a technology that enables to change hardware configurations among servers, in an effort to create a society in which everyone can easily access cost-effective, high-performance computing resources.About FujitsuFujitsu’s purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers in over 100 countries, our 124,000 employees work to resolve some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI, Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.7 trillion yen (US$28 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and remains the top digital services company in Japan by market share. Find out more: www.fujitsu.com.Press Contacts:Fujitsu LimitedPublic and Investor Relations Division Inquiries Copyright 2023 JCN Newswire via SeaPRwire.com.