The carbon station development project proposed by Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tohoku University, and the University of Tokyo was adopted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's business proposal system, and 2024 million yen was included in the initial budget proposal for the 3,000 general account. The plan is to synthesize and supply useful carbon resources from carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, and Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Yuriko Koike presented a letter of appreciation to the proposal's representative, Professor Seiji Yamazoe of the Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
According to Tokyo Metropolitan University, the proposal was adopted through the ``university researcher project selection system,'' which the capital publicly solicited from researchers at universities in Tokyo. The co-proposers are Associate Professor Naoto Todoroki of Tohoku University's Graduate School of Environmental Science and Professor Sayaka Uchida of the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The project period is three years, and the total project cost is expected to be 3 million yen.
The plan is to develop a carbon station by combining Tokyo Metropolitan University's air recovery technology with Tohoku University's electrocatalytic system that converts CO2 into a useful carbon resource. With the cooperation of Professor Uchida of the University of Tokyo, an expert in gas adsorption, we will also advance the performance of air recovery technology.
The Tokyo metropolitan government received 33 applications from university researchers, and 9 of these were submitted to internet voting by Tokyo residents.As a result, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Keio University, Waseda University, Hosei University, and Tokyo Medical and Dental University were selected. Five proposed projects were included in the FY5 budget bill. This proposal received the highest number of votes in the referendum.
