What EECL does

EECL (株式会社EECL, Energy & Environment Create Laboratory Inc.) is a privately held, founder-led Japanese consulting and engineering services firm headquartered in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Founded on May 2, 2011 by Representative Director Kinoshita Takashi with paid-in capital of ¥10 million, the company delivers environmental and renewable-energy consulting, feasibility studies, EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) for new-energy/energy-saving equipment, and ESCO-style energy service operations. Its core technology is renewable-energy and biomass conversion engineering: wood-pellet hot-water/heat boiler systems for onsen (hot spring) hospitality customers, biodiesel fuel (BDF) production from used tempura cooking oil, and feasibility-study engineering for solar, small hydro, and biomass power generation. The company also lists emissions-rights trading and food/health-food/beverage manufacturing and sales within its corporate scope.

EECL's revenue model is a mix of ESCO-style managed services (long-tail project revenue from biomass heat-supply installations), professional-services fees (feasibility studies and environmental consulting), one-time hardware/EPC sales, transaction-based emissions credit trading, and a small listed consumer-product line. Its only disclosed commercial deployment is an ESCO-like biomass (wood-pellet) heat-supply contract with two hotels in Nagato Yumoto Onsen, projected to cut fuel costs 10–15% versus heavy oil. Customers are primarily SMBs in Japanese regional hospitality and food/aquaculture operators, with secondary engagement of municipal and regional renewable-energy project sponsors. The company is supported by a panel of external technical, management, legal, and tax advisors drawn from National Fisheries University, Okayama University, Tsuyama College of Technology, Saitama Gakuen University, Kyosei Investment Advisors, Shimada Law Office, and Murata Tax Accountant Office.

EECL's go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales and project-based ESCO engagements, supplemented by earned-media coverage (Nikkei Shimbun, Nikkan Mokuzai Shimbun, both 2015) and channel leverage through its university and advisory relationships. From May 2021 onward, the company has been in planning/feasibility stages of a Shimonoseki torafugu (Japanese pufferfish) land-based aquaculture venture that reuses its biomass-boiler expertise for primary-sector production, but as of the latest blog entry (January 3, 2022) this has not reached commercial launch. EECL remains a small, sub-scale, single-country operator with no disclosed external investors, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or quantifiable revenue figures.

Name

EECL

Legal name

株式会社EECL

Website

https://eecl.asia

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EECL is a Shimonoseki, Japan-based renewable-energy and environmental consulting firm founded in 2011 that designs and operates wood-pellet biomass heat-supply systems, biodiesel fuel production, and feasibility studies for Japanese regional hospitality, food, aquaculture, and municipal clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Energy & Environmental Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Petrochemical Manufacturing (32511)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Combined Cycle & Cogeneration (CHP) EPC (EUAEAAAB), Biofuel Plant EPC, O&M & Process Technology Providers (EUAAAHAK), Air Quality & Emissions Management (BPAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Renewable energy consulting
• Biomass heat supply
• Environmental consulting services
• Energy-saving equipment
• Emissions trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. ESCO-style energy service contracts: Long-tail project revenue from energy service / ESCO-like arrangements for biomass heat-supply installations (e.g., Nagato Yumoto Onsen hotels). Recurring in nature while contracts remain active.
2. Environmental and renewable-energy consulting fees: Advisory and consulting revenue from feasibility studies for solar, small hydro, and biomass power generation projects, plus broader environmental consulting engagements.
3. EPC and equipment sales (new energy / energy-saving / environmental equipment): One-time design, construction, and equipment sales revenue for new-energy, energy-saving, and environmental-protection equipment deployments.
4. Emissions trading transactions: Transaction-based revenue from buying/selling emissions credits tied to installed renewable-energy and emissions-reduction projects.
5. Food / health-food / beverage manufacturing and sales: Adjacent product revenue from the company's listed manufacturing and sale of food, health food, and beverages.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

EECL is a Shimonoseki-based consulting and engineering firm that delivers environmental and renewable-energy advisory, feasibility studies, and EPC services for biomass, solar, small-hydro, and BDF projects. It operates an ESCO-style biomass heat-supply business (wood-pellet boilers) supplying hot water to onsen hotels such as the two-hotel Nagato Yumoto Onsen project, and also engages in emissions-rights trading and food/health-food/beverage manufacturing and sales.

Product overview

EECL (Energy & Environment Create Laboratory Inc.) is a Yamaguchi-Prefecture-based consulting firm — not a software platform — that delivers renewable-energy, energy-saving, and environmental solutions as a portfolio of related service lines rather than a single product. At the center is its Environmental & Renewable-Energy Consulting practice, paired with Renewable/Energy-Saving Equipment Design & Construction, an ESCO-style energy-service operation, and Renewable/Energy-Saving Equipment Sales. Anchoring the ESCO line is the flagship Nagato Yumoto Onsen Biomass Heat-Supply Business, which supplies biomass-boiler-generated hot water to two hotels. A separate Emission-Rights Trading Business extends the firm into carbon markets, and a Food, Health-Food, and Beverage Manufacturing & Sales line is registered as part of its corporate scope. Layered on top of this consulting/engineering core is a planned Shimonoseki Torafugu Land-Based Aquaculture Business, in pre-launch examination, which reuses EECL's biomass-boiler and renewable-energy expertise to drive primary-sector (fish-farming) production. Together these lines reflect the company's stated mission of creating a 6th-industry value chain powered by renewable energy at the regional level.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental & Renewable-Energy Consulting Advisory, planning, and feasibility-study services for government agencies, municipalities, research institutions, and private clients on renewable energy, energy-saving, biomass, solar, small-hydro, smart-community concepts, CO2-reduction potential, and BDF production.
• Renewable / Energy-Saving / Environmental Equipment Design & Construction (EPC) Design, construction, and equipment supply for new-energy, energy-saving, and environmental-protection equipment installations for Japanese hospitality, food, aquaculture, and municipal clients.
• Nagato Yumoto Onsen Biomass Heat-Supply Service (ESCO) ESCO-style energy service that operates wood-pellet biomass boilers to supply heated water to onsen/hot-spring hotels, displacing fossil-fuel (heavy oil) heating for hospitality and regional facility clients.
• Emission-Rights Trading Business Buying and selling of emissions credits associated with EECL's renewable-energy and emissions-reduction installations, extending the firm into carbon/environmental markets.
• Food, Health-Food & Beverage Manufacturing and Sales Manufacturing and sale of food, health-food, and beverage products, listed as a registered line of business supporting the company's renewable-energy-powered primary-sector (6th industrialization) value chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• Biomass (wood pellet) heat supply installed at 2 hotels in Nagato Yumoto Onsen, displacing conventional fuel sources for hot spring operations.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship technical advisor, core technical advisor and minor.

• National Fisheries University (水産大学校)flagship technical advisorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Fisheries University provides a technical advisor (技術顧問 高橋幸則 / Takahashi Yukinori). Supports the company's renewable-energy-powered closed recirculation aquaculture and broader fisheries-energy initiatives.
• Okayama University (岡山大学)core technical advisorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides a technical advisor (技術顧問 稲葉英男 / Inaba Hideo, Okayama University emeritus) to support renewable energy, biomass, and environmental engineering work.
• Tsuyama College of Technology (津山高専)core technical advisorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed technical advisor institution supporting engineering and technical guidance for the company's renewable-energy and environmental projects.
• Saitama Gakuen University (埼玉学園大学)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed management advisor institution supporting business and management guidance for the company.
• Shimada Law Office (島田法律事務所)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal legal advisor (顧問弁護士 島田直行 / Shimada Naoyuki); provides legal counsel to the company.
• Murata Tax Accountant Office (村田税理士事務所)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal tax advisor (顧問税理士 村田鮎子 / Murata Ayuko); provides tax accounting and compliance services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd. Subsidiary of Kobe Steel providing environmental engineering, biomass/renewable energy, and water-treatment EPC. Comparable in the biomass/EPC line and serves Japanese municipalities and industrial clients similar to EECL's customer base, but at much larger scale.
• Takuma Co., Ltd. Long-established Japanese manufacturer of boilers and waste-to-energy/biomass plants. Comparable to EECL's biomass heat-supply and EPC capability, but at industrial scale, with a national installed base across municipalities and industrial customers.
• IHI Corporation: Large Japanese heavy-industrial conglomerate with a biomass power and waste-to-energy EPC business. Overlaps with EECL's biomass EPC and emissions-reduction activities, but operates as a global engineering incumbent with deep resources.
• JFE Engineering Corporation: Major Japanese EPC contractor for biomass power, waste-to-energy, and environmental plants. Direct overlap with EECL's biomass and renewable-energy EPC services, but at large utility-scale, and with much deeper balance sheet and engineering resources.

Emerging players

• eRex Co., Ltd. Japan-listed biomass power producer and renewable-energy developer. Comparable in biomass and renewable-energy focus, with a growing pipeline of biomass plants across Japan; competes with EECL for municipal biomass mandates but at significantly larger scale.
• Renova, Inc. Japanese renewable-energy independent power producer focused on biomass, solar, and wind. Adjacent to EECL's biomass/renewable focus but operates as a project developer/IPP rather than a consulting/EPC firm, making it a relevant emerging player in the same market.
• TBM Co., Ltd. Japanese biomass-derived materials company focused on limestone-replacement and biomass plastics. Comparable to EECL in mission alignment (renewable-resource-based 6th industrialization) and size, but operates in materials rather than consulting/heat supply.

Direct peers

• Chuo Kankyo Co., Ltd. (Central Environmental Consultants): Japanese environmental consulting firm providing environmental impact assessment, soil/water surveys, and renewable-energy advisory. Direct comparable in environmental and renewable-energy consulting services to Japanese public-sector and private clients.
• Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. Japanese manufacturer of BDF and biodiesel production equipment, with renewable-energy and environmental engineering services. Closest direct peer in BDF production technology and process expertise, competing with EECL in the BDF/used-cooking-oil value chain.
• Recycle One: Japanese waste-to-resource and environmental services company that, like EECL, operates BDF production and small-scale environmental consulting, but at a larger scale and with a broader customer base. Most direct comparable in business mix (BDF + environmental services) and Japanese market focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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