In order to realize a decarbonized society, many of our stakeholders are promoting various climate change countermeasures. To address these opportunities, the Group will contribute through EPC for biomass plants and the supply of electricity generated from biomass and waste.
As we work to realize both net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 and Vision 2030, Takuma’s long-term vision, we will resolve issues faced by customers and communities by proposing products and services that contribute to energy savings and decarbonization while working to reduce our own CO2 emissions.
As a pioneer in the boiler industry, the Group has delivered a large number of boilers and energy plants of many types, and has improved technologies for the effective use of renewable energy and non-fossil energy. We will continue to utilize this technology to provide plants that use non-fossil fuels such as biomass and RPF, and we will work to promote renewable energy (non-fossil energy) by supplying power generated from biomass and waste through Takuma Energy Co., Ltd.
Amid the various biomass fuels available, we select and propose the most suitable plant for the customer’s plan from four combustion models based on the technology we have cultivated over many years and our extensive track record. In this manner, we are able to meet the needs of our customers and at the same time contribute to the promotion of renewable energy.
On April 1, 2022, Takuma’s Head Office building and Harima Factory began using power derived from 100% effectively renewable energy supplied by subsidiary Takuma Energy Co., Ltd. The power is generated by the Takuma Solar Power Plant at the Harima Factory in 2013 and by biomass power plants and waste treatment plants delivered by Takuma to date. This initiative has reduced annual CO2 emissions from Takuma’s Head Office and factory by about 1,616 tons of CO2 (FY2021 figures).
Three parties, Namie Town, MIRAIT ONE Corporation, and Takuma Energy Co., Ltd., have signed a “Basic Agreement concerning the Discussion on the Establishment of a Namie Regional Energy Company”. Takuma Energy will support the establishment of the regional energy company, and once it is established, we will contribute to the establishment and stabilization of its business foundation by providing support, such as supplying electricity through distributors that utilize our own CO2-free electricity.
Takuma Energy has been awarded a contract pertaining to a project for the local production and consumption of power in Okayama City. In February 2021, Okayama City declared itself a “Zero Carbon City” and aims to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2050. As part of this effort, starting in April 2025, renewable and CO2-free power generated by the city’s waste treatment facilities will be supplied to the main building of the Okayama City Hall and other city-owned facilities, thereby realizing “local production and consumption of power” and “decarbonization of power”. In addition, the city will be given priority in supplying renewable electricity to the new Okayama City Hall, which is scheduled for completion in FY2026, thereby supporting further decarbonization by city.
Takuma Energy has signed an agreement with Amagasaki City and Amagasaki Shinkin Bank for collaboration and cooperation pertaining to the “Project for Promoting the Local Production and Consumption of Power for Amagasaki City”. In this project, surplus energy generated at the city’s waste treatment facility will be supplied to public facilities and businesses in the city. Starting next year, Takuma Energy will support the self-supply of surplus electricity to further reduce CO2 emissions.
In August 2023, we started a project for the local production of power for local consumption to supply surplus power generated at the Kawakoda Micro Hydro Power Plant in Kitahiroshima Town, Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture to public facilities in Kitahiroshima Town, including a water treatment center and library. Following this project, we concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement to contribute to the sustainable development of the local community toward the realization of Kitahiroshima Town’s goal of becoming a zero-carbon town by 2050. Based on this agreement, we have begun various initiatives such as supporting the establishment of a regional energy management business entity for the town.
In April 2024, we started a local production for local consumption project to supply surplus power generated by the power generation plant of the Osaka Waste Management Authority’s Nishiyodo Plant, which we delivered in 1995, to 110 facilities in the city, including the main building of Osaka City Hall.
In addition to supplying power through wheeling and selfconsuming, this project is an initiative in which Takuma Energy Co., Ltd. supplies power from 100% effectively renewable energy during times when it cannot be covered by wheeling and self-consuming. This project will greatly contribute to the realization of “Zero Carbon Osaka.” In addition, this project will be one of the largest in the Kansai Region in the local production for local consumption of power using wheeling and self-consuming.
In March 2024, Takuma Energy Co., Ltd. purchased environmental value and the power generated by the Chigasaki Biomass Power Plant delivered to Rikyuu Co., Ltd. by Takuma Co., Ltd., and based on the purchase, it started local production and consumption of power business to supply power from 100% effectively renewable energy to the facilities of the Fujisawa City Resource Recycling Cooperative.
This project is a public-private partnership scheme between a private company developing a biomass power generation business that is our customer and a local municipality, and through this scheme, it will be possible to further promote the formation of a regional recycling-oriented and decarbonized society.
In order to maintain a decarbonized society, it is necessary for the plants we deliver to continue to operate with stable and high performance for a long period of time. The Group is working to improve energy efficiency through maintenance and energy-saving proposals that contribute to the long-term stable operation of plants. In order to maintain the high performance of our plants and achieve stable operation over the long term, we plan periodic inspections and maintenance, propose and implement preventive maintenance, as well as promote functional improvements and energy-saving proposals based on operation data, analysis, and evaluation of inspection results.
