Kyoto Experiments with Eco-Energy Electricity Supply

Japan's Kyoto Prefecture has launched the Kyoto Eco-energy Project, a pilot project in Yasaka Town that aims to demonstrate the use of renewable energy to provide a stable power supply.<br><br>The problem with decentralized, renewable energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaics is that they provide an unstable supply of electricity, which effects the electric power system in the area concerned. To solve this problem, the Kyoto project attempts to build a stable power supply system by combining solar and wind power generation with biomass energy, which has controllable output. The project also aims to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of using renewables to meet the actual, everyday requirements of homes and businesses.<br><br>Participants in the project include Kyoto Prefecture; Nissin Electric Co., an electrical equipment maker; Ohbayashi Corporation, a major construction firm; and Fuji Electric Co., an electrical systems supplier. The project, capable of producing up to 850 kilowatts, provides electricity for Yasakatown hall, hospitals, residential complexes and other buildings through the Kansai Electric Power Company grid. It started during FY 2003 and will continue for five years, through FY 2007. <br><br>The project was selected in an open competition held by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization to demonstrate new energy research with a local-community focus.<br><br>




Posted: 2003/09/27 11:51:50 AM
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