On May 10, 2023, Chitose Group, Sarawak Biodiversity Center, and Sarawak Energy Berhad jointly held an opening ceremony for CHITOSE Carbon Capture Central (C4) in Sarawak, Malaysia.
The opening ceremony was attended by Minister Karimata of the Embassy of Japan in Malaysia, members of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as well as partner companies and financial institutions participating in MATSURI. From Malaysia, Prime Minister Aban Johari, the head of Sarawak state , and other guests, including government officials, attended the event, bringing together about 250 guests.
The opening of C4, one of the world's largest algae production facilities, attracted a lot of interest and attention locally, and was reported on television programs and was featured on the front pages of newspapers. It is also reported that algae produced in C4 is expected to be applied to SAF (sustainable aviation fuel), etc., and that C4 is a milestone for the next industrial scale production of algae in tropical climates. It is * Click here for a list of related articles.
In the future, Chitose Group will further accelerate its activities to build the algae industry and change the world from Sarawak. Together with the power of living things, we will continue to take on the challenge of achieving our big goal of enriching the future a thousand years from now.
Center: Chitose Group CEO Fujita Right: Prime Minister Avan Johari
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