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Yokogawa’s symbiotic economy
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What’s Next for
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Despite the disruptions of a global pandemic, last year resulted in record-level green investments and a renewed commitment to sustainable growth from companies and governments. Yet the transition to a cleaner, greener, and leaner economy remains a daunting task. Further investments in infrastructure will be needed. Existing and new technologies will have to be deployed at a faster clip. And greater automation, measurement, and control over industrial processes will be a vital part of this transition. To these ends, Japanese technology company Yokogawa believes it has both expertise and purpose to contribute broadly. Yokogawa’s clean technology solutions cover three areas: sustainable energies; human health and welfare; and sustainable materials. In partnership with others, Yokogawa hopes to help deploy these technologies to make the world cleaner and smarter.
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Industrial Automation to Industrial Autonomy
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Such a transition would bring vast benefits. According to the World Economic Forum, over 92 billion tonnes of materials were extracted and processed last year, contributing to about half of global CO2 emissions. The resulting waste – including plastics, textiles, food, electronics and more – are damaging the environment and human health. By switching to a circular economy model of reducing and reusing this waste, the WEF estimates some $4.5 trillion in economic benefits to 2030. But as only some 8.6% of our global economy is circular, making this shift will require unprecedented levels of collaboration.
jump from the previous year, according to a report by BloombergNEF. Solar, wind, and hydro capacity combined now account for more installed capacity globally than coal or gas. Even as many stocks faltered, clean energy shares soared. Green bond issuance and investments based on environmental, social and governance guidelines (ESG) boomed.
Along with the mainstreaming of green management practices, governments around the world have committed to rebuilding sustainably after the Covid-19 crisis. Stimulus packages – so-called “green deals” – to drive sustainable, inclusive, and resilient economic growth have been passed in numerous countries.
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For all the disruptions triggered by a pandemic, 2020 was positively record-breaking for clean technologies. Though there is no standard definition, clean technologies refer to a wide range of products, procedures, and services that harness renewable energies and materials to reduce or eliminate waste, emissions, and negative impact on the natural environment. Demand for such clean technologies had been steadily growing as climate change awareness and pressures have increased. And Covid-19 has sharply boosted these investments. During the year, global spending on renewable power, electric vehicles and other clean technologies hit a record $501.3 billion. These green investments marked a nearly 10 per cent
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The new administration retuned the U.S. to the Paris Agreement and announced plans for a
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pharmaceutical. Its geographic reach is equally wide: Yokogawa has a global network of 114 companies spanning 62 countries, generating US$3.7 billion in sales in FY2019. The width and depth of the companies’ global track record enables Yokogawa to deliver optimized local solutions.
Yokogawa sees its initiative in clean technologies as “the development and application of new technologies, including biological materials with special properties, to provide solutions which minimize the impact on the global environment.”
“We hope to help increase the use of clean technologies across industries to achieve our three sustainability goals of net-zero emissions, well-being, and a circular economy,” says Yokogawa. “Through collaboration and innovation, we aim to help our partners and customers better deploy clean technologies to resolve various social issues.”
The company’s unique strengths stem from its leading capabilities in the areas of measurement, control, and information. Its industrial automation business provides vital products, services, and solutions to a diverse range of process industries including oil, chemicals, natural gas, power, iron and steel, pulp and paper, renewable energy, food and beverage, and
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Despite the momentum, the transition to a cleaner economy remains a Herculean task. Further gargantuan investments in green infrastructure will be needed to ensure the world is to on course for less than 1.5°C of warming by 2050. Existing and new technologies will have to be deployed at a faster clip. They will be needed everywhere from the production, storage, and transmission of energy, water provision, agriculture, transportation, manufacturing, recycling, to waste management. In this transition, greater automation, measurement, and control which serve as “mother tools” in R&D, design, and manufacturing in various industrial processes will be vital.
To these ends, Japanese technology company Yokogawa believes it has both expertise and purpose to contribute broadly.
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Japan is the world’s third largest geothermal rich country and its companies providing some 60% global market share in the production of geothermal turbines and generators.
Yokogawa has provided highly reliable systems and instruments for geothermal plants as well as supporting renewable energies generally not only within Japan, but also widely overseas including countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, New Zealand, and Kenya.
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Although still a small portion of the total renewable energy market, geothermal power has unique advantages as a renewable. The power source, unlike solar and wind, can generate a stable supply of electricity day and night in all weather conditions. The power source is expected to grow by an average annual 2.8% growth in the coming decade, particularly in the countries of the Asia-Pacific rim, according to Fitch Solutions.
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In the low-precipitation Santa Maria district south of Lima, Peru, Yokogawa technologies will help deliver safe drinking water daily for 100,000 locals. The company will provide an integrated production control system and other solutions for monitoring and controlling the Provisur seawater desalination plant, sewage treatment plant, water distribution pipelines, sewer pipelines, and undersea pipeline. The project, Peru's first reverse osmosis desalination plant is being constructed to supply 35,000 m of potable water per day.
To this end, Yokogawa has long offered within and outside of Japan solutions in water distribution and treatment, desalination, pipeline management to industrial water recycling. For example, the company’s leak monitoring and operational systems for water and sewerage networks ensure the security and efficiency of water supplies while at the same time promoting effective water usage.
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Today, a third of the global population lacks access to safe drinking water, while two out of five people lacks access to basic hand-washing facilities. Last year’s pandemic starkly highlighted the importance of sanitation and access to clean water to prevent and contain diseases. Never has it been more urgent to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all,” as stated in one of the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). Achieving this vital goal will require the construction and effective maintenance of water supply and water treatment systems globally.
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The two companies will collaborate on the commercialization of breakthrough technologies developed by Bloom that maximizes the extraction of underutilised parts of plant material (such as lignin and hemicellulose) to replace petrochemicals in a range of chemical products.
Both parties hope to commercialize Bloom’s new and far more efficient method of extracting bio-based molecules, especially monolignol, from materials such as wood or agricultural wastes. Its immediate goal is to demonstrate the technology in a pilot-scale plant.
In 2018, Yokogawa signed a strategic partnership and equity agreement with Spanish AlgaEnergy to expand the companies’ microalgae biotech business. The company's products have been certified by the Solar Impulse foundation as one of the 1,000 efficient solutions which are both profitable and protect the environment.
This was followed up last year by Yokogawa announcing a partnership with Bloom Biorenewables SA (Bloom), a Swiss startup company focusing on the utilization of biomass.
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Yokogawa has also recently been focusing on the burgeoning field of bioeconomy. The sector is one where renewable biological resources are used to produce energy and domestic consumables such as various biofuels, bioheat, biopolymers, biochemicals, and biopharmaceuticals.
Although the synthetic biology industry is still in its nascent phase, the potential of such technologies to generate sustainable energy and material is immense. According to a McKinsey report last year, some 400 applications of biological innovations in the pipeline today could have a global impact of $4 trillion in the coming two decades.
Starting up the bioeconomy
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Yokogawa currently has three sustainability goals: achieving net-zero emissions; well-being; and a circular economy. None of these can be achieved by any one company or industry.
The company has long argued and continues to believe that the answer is more technology and collaboration. With the philosophy of “Co-innovating tomorrow,” Yokogawa is forging a future where industries share and re-use resources in a symbiotic and more sustainable fashion, a world which we need to start rebuilding today.
That’s what’s next for the planet.
Unchanging purpose towards sustainability
Even with an end in sight for the Covid-19 pandemic, global boardrooms must not forgo a rare opportunity to “build back better.” One way to rebuild more sustainably is to graduate from a linear take-make-waste model to a circular economy model where waste is reused over and over. To achieve such a circular world, industries must achieve higher levels of automation and collaboration, while adopting new clean technologies. Yokogawa, the Japanese leader of automation technologies, is committed to these three goals and hopes to guide industry towards a higher stage of automation, or what it envisions as a symbiotic economy. This article explores why such symbiotic economy is necessary and how Yokogawa can lead us there.
Even with an end in sight for the Covid-19 pandemic, global boardrooms must not forgo a rare opportunity to “build back better.” One way to rebuild more sustainably is to graduate from a linear take-make-waste model to a circular economy model where waste is reused over and over. To achieve such a circular world, industries must achieve higher levels of automation and collaboration, while adopting new clean technologies. Yokogawa, the Japanese leader of automation technologies, is committed to these three goals and hopes to guide industry towards a higher stage of automation, or what it envisions as a symbiotic economy. This article explores why such symbiotic economy is necessary and how Yokogawa can lead us there.
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The company is focusing on clean technology solutions for three areas: sustainable energies which encourage efficient use, renewables, and achieve decarbonization; human health and welfare which are realized through sanitary and safe environments; and sustainable materials which help protect the planet by expanding the use of biological materials that replace fossil fuels.
Three cases – geothermal energy, water recycling, and biomass materials – demonstrate the possibilities of Yokogawa’s partnerships for clean technology.
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For example, in the rapidly growing Indonesian market, Yokogawa has for years supplied highly reliable systems for geothermal plants. This year, Yokogawa received an order from a government-owned utility in Indonesia, to replace the existing control systems for the steamfield above ground system at the Lahendong geothermal power plant in North Sulawesi Province. The newly integrated system will allow the future enablement of Industrial-Internet-of-Things devices, facilitating further productivity and efficiency improvements.
Clean technologies are one of the key enablers in what Yokogawa sees as an evolution in industry towards higher forms of automation and collaboration.
With greater levels of automation through the digital transformation of individual plants, the company envisions an advanced stage of “symbiotic autonomy” in the global economy. In such an ecosystem, different industries, plants, and regions will be integrated into one self-regulating whole to achieve coexistence with the planet.
The all-consuming Covid-19 pandemic has been a historical catalyst: accelerating trends, exposing underlying conditions, and clarifying purpose. Faced with this challenge, Yokogawa has proposed fundamental answers which could help lead the world onto a more sustainable and resilient path.
The first of Yokogawa’s answers is greater automation of industrial processes, better protecting workers and optimizing efficiency even during disruption. The second is a commitment to a more circular economy based on collaboration of innovations. And the third is the development and deployment of clean technologies across various domains. All three solutions must be delivered in unison.
As the shocks of the pandemic recede, Yokogawa’s vision seems increasingly necessary and realizable. Expect more collaborative, cleaner and circular growth in the coming decade.
Because that’s what’s next for the planet. And that’s what will make our world smarter.
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The project is only one of the many desalination plants in regions with little rainfall, such as the desert regions of the Middle East or the coastal areas of South America, in which Yokogawa provides control and monitoring systems.
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