Idemitsu and Solar Frontier offer one-stop self-consignment service
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(Source: Joint release by Idemitsu Kosan and Solar Frontier)
Idemitsu Kosan and its wholly-owned subsidiary Solar Frontier (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will begin full-scale provision of a one-stop proxy service for procedures and operations from March in the power interchange of photovoltaic power generation using the self-consignment system. started to Announced on March 15th. In self-consignment, power is transmitted from a solar power generation facility installed in a remote location to demand facilities as self-consumption.
On behalf of companies that use self-consignment, Solar Frontier provides comprehensive support for operations related to self-consignment, such as introduction procedures, support for signing contracts with general power transmission and distribution companies, and submission of various plans to cross-regional organizations. It is said that by acting on behalf of the complicated introduction procedure that generally takes about half a year, it will lead to operational efficiency of the introducing company.
With the plan submission system that utilizes the Idemitsu Group's knowledge of power plant development and retail electricity business, and the power generation prediction system "Frontier Forecast" that has been developed with over 40 years of experience in research and development of photovoltaic power generation, Simultaneous equalization of the planned value is possible to suppress the occurrence of imbalance. As an optional service, customers can choose to bear the costs when an imbalance occurs.
It can also handle self-consignment from multiple power plants to multiple bases. In the development of solar power plants, we analyze demand for each time period and propose power generation equipment that matches the demand curve based on power generation simulations. The Idemitsu Group can provide a one-stop service from EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) services to post-installation maintenance and inspection. In addition, we also support other companies' development and existing projects.
