EPSON plant runs with 100 percent solar power

Fujimi plant of EPSON near Nagano in Japan has begun using an onsite solar power generation service provided by SMFL Mirai Partners Co Ltd, a strategic subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co Ltd. Under this arrangement, SMFL Mirai Partners owns the solar power generation equipment installed on the roof of EPSON’s Fujimi Plant and will service and maintain the equipment. The panels used in the system have a capacity of 549 kW and can supply approximately 667 MWh of electricity a year (an amount equivalent to that used by about 150 ordinary households). All the electricity generated will be supplied to the Fujimi Plant, reducing its annual carbon dioxide emissions by about 253 tones.

Fuji Furukawa Engineering & Construction Co, which was in charge of EPC2 and built the solar power generation system. This is the first solar power generation system using the PPA model introduced at an EPSON site. It marks the start of efforts to increase the amount of power EPSON generates privately and will contribute to the expansion of renewable energy power sources, for which there is growing public demand.