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Vol.5
JGA Newsletter
JGA's New Board of Directors
On June 13, Mr. Akio Nomura, Chairman of Osaka Gas Co.. Ltd., was elected as Chairman of the Japan Gas Association (JGA) after Mr. Kunio Anzai.

The new board of directors, chaired by Mr. Nomura, includes the following members:

Vice Chairman Hideharu Uehara (Chairman, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.)
Vice Chairman Toshitaka Hayakawa (Chairman, Toho Gas Co., Ltd.)
Vice Chairman Yoshiaki Hirayama (Chairman, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.)
Senior Management Director Haruki Takahashi
Managing Director Masato Kitamae
Managing Director Kunihiro Mori
Mr. Akio Nomura
Mr. Akio Nomura
he 23rd World Gas Conference and the JGA's booth
The 23rd World Gas Conference (WGC) was held in June in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Mr. Anzai, then Chairman of JGA, and six other panelists represented Japanese city gas industry. Mr. Anzai lectured on the subject of "A Changing World of Energy --- New Opportunities for the Natural Gas Industry." In addition, 23 papers were presented at oral and poster sessions.

In the exhibition area next to the conference hall, JGA opened a booth that introduced its activities, such as various efforts to popularize distributed energy systems focusing on fuel cell, via panels and videos. In addition, the booth displayed a mockup of the first-in-the-world commercial model of a fuel cell cogeneration system for residential use. The booth accepted the total of more than 3,700 visitors.
The entire text of Mr. Anzai's lecture and a general description about the JGA's booth are made available from the links below:


>>> Mr. Anzai's keynote speech
>>> About the JGA's booth
New National Energy Strategy Formulated by the Japanese Government in May 2006
In May 2006, the Government formulated a "New National Energy Strategy." Based on this strategy, a process toward the revision of the Basic Energy Plan is currently in progress.

>>> "New National Energy Strategy" Formulated by the Japanese Government in May, 2006
JGA News
JGA Organized a City Gas Symposium

On May 25, 2006, JGA organized the City Gas Symposium 2006 in Tokyo. The City Gas Symposium has been held each year for the purpose of information exchange among city gas distributors and related business entities through presentations on such subjects as latest trends in the city gas industry and latest outcomes of the city gas technology developments. The symposium of this year featured 26 lectures, 35 poster presentations, 10 summary presentations, a keynote speech, special speeches and a technological award exhibition. Four of the papers presented at the symposium are made available from the links below:

Source: City Gas Symposium handouts

Activities of the Japan Gas Association in the National Projects for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Society
The Development of Technologies for Small Systems of Highly-efficient Natural Gas Cogeneration
The Development of Technologies for the Renewal of Aged Pipes inside Customers' Premises
The Development of a CO Detector: Working toward the Zero Occurrence of CO Poisoning
Latest statistics from Gas Facts in Japan 2006

a. The number of customers and sales volume
b. Growth in gas cogeneration
c. Spread of gas air conditioning
d. Number of natural gas vehicles

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