NGK to introduce 40MW of solar power in Japan and overseas
15MW in Poland and 4.25MW in Thailand
NGK Ceramics Poland 1st Factory
(Source: NGK Insulators, Ltd.)
NGK Ceramics Poland 2nd Factory
(Source: NGK Insulators, Ltd.)
NGK Ceramics Thailand
(Source: NGK Insulators, Ltd.)
NGK will install a total of 40 MW of solar power generation equipment at its domestic and overseas manufacturing bases by FY2025. We will introduce mega-solar (large-scale solar power generation facilities) with an output of 15.1 MW in Poland, which is a major overseas manufacturing subsidiary, and 4.25 MW in Thailand. Announced on November 24th.
In Poland, a total output of 15.1 MW will be installed on the roof of the building of NGK Ceramics Poland's first factory in Gliwice, Silesia, and on land adjacent to it, as well as on the land adjacent to the second factory in Dąbrowa Gornicza, the same prefecture. Annual power generation is expected to be 15,240 MWh, and the annual CO2 reduction effect will be approximately 10,000 tons in the first year. It is scheduled to start operation in 2024.
In Thailand, a roof-mounted mega solar power plant with an output of 4.25 MW will be installed at NGK Ceramics Thailand in Samut Prakan Province. Annual power generation is expected to be 5,560 MWh, and the annual CO2 reduction effect will be 2,630 tons. It is scheduled to start operation in 2023. Going forward, the company plans to switch all power used at overseas bases to renewable energy sources by fiscal 2025, including the proactive introduction of solar power generation.
NGK plans to introduce solar power generation facilities with an output of 2.6 MW in Tajimi in 2022, 320 kW in Nagoya, 2.6 MW in Ishikawa in 2023, and 1 MW (planned) in Komaki in 2024.
In addition, among domestic group companies, NGK Ceramic Device (Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture) plans to introduce an output of 680 kW in FY2023, and NGK Okhotsk (Abashiri City, Hokkaido) plans to introduce an output of 1.4 MW in FY2024.
Our overseas group companies plan to introduce 2.4 MW in China in 2022, 120 kW in Poland, 2.73 MW in Belgium in 2023 (planned), and 5.94 MW in Mexico in 2025.
A total of 40 MW of solar power generation equipment is expected to generate 45,000 MWh of electricity annually, with an annual CO2 reduction effect of 22,000 tons. Assuming that the power consumption of the entire group in FY2025 is the same as the actual result of FY2021 of 980,000 MWh, it will be calculated to cover about 4.6%.
NGK joined the international initiative "RE100" in October and aims to use 100% renewable energy by 2040. In addition, the NGK Group Environmental Vision has been formulated with the goal of achieving net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 for the entire group.
