On April 26, NTT Docomo announced that it is partnering with Tohoku Electric Power, Hokuriku Electric Power, Tokyo Electric Power Energy Partner (TEPCO EP) and NTT Anode Energy (Minato-ku, Tokyo) to produce solar energy. The sky is based on solar power. PPA (power purchase agreement) model announced that it will buy electricity from a biomass power plant. The system will be gradually introduced at buildings owned and occupied by NTT Docomo in the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Kanto areas starting in July.
Biomass electricity production initiatives in Akita Prefecture
(Source: NTT Docomo)
The offsite PPA is expected to generate more than 22GWh of electricity per year, with approximately 70% solar and 30% biomass power. This equates to more than 5,160 households overall and provides about 20% of the electricity used in each building. To make up the shortfall, we will provide fossil-free certificates designating renewable energy, making each building's electricity consumption almost 100% renewable. The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction efficiency for each project (including fossil-free certification) is expected to be 39,800 tons/year. The number and scale of solar power plants as well as the number of buildings are not disclosed.
TEPCO EP's external PPA program
(Source: TEPCO EP)
The biomass power plant is Mukaihama Power Plant in Akita City, with a capacity of 20.5MW. The power producer is United Renewable Energy, which began operations in July 2016. The main fuel is wood chips that will be made from unused raw materials from Akita Prefecture. It will be supplied to several buildings in the Tohoku region, including the NTT Docomo Akita Building, through NTT Anode Energy, contributing to local energy production and consumption as well as the revitalization of the prefecture's forestry sector.
In addition, on the same day, TEPCO Energy Partner announced that NTT Docomo will provide electricity from a solar power plant with a capacity of about 1.2 MW newly developed in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture by Promedia (Chiyoda-ku). , Tokyo) for multiple solar power plants owned by NTT Docomo in the Kanto area. They announced that they would power the building. It will provide about 1.38 million kWh per year, equivalent to about 20% of the building's electricity consumption, equivalent to about 440 normal households, and will reduce CO2 emissions by about 519 tons per year. . Deliveries are expected to begin in March 2025.
NTT Docomo is promoting the use of off-site PPAs to achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and Carbon Zero by 2040. Solar energy was first introduced in the Chugoku region in 2022 and It is currently being introduced in the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Kanto regions. This is the first time we buy electricity from biomass power sources. By the end of fiscal year 2022, 922 GWh of renewable energy will be installed annually, equivalent to about 216,533 households overall, making the renewable energy share about 27.1%.
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