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Use of renewable energy

The target of Stage Vl Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program

  • Increase use of renewable energy sources to 3 times FY2007 levels by end of FY2012.

Promoting the Use of Renewable Energy

Solar panels at FDK TWICELL

Solar panels at FDK TWICELL

Although we have adopted renewable energy sources such as solar generation at some of our business sites, in the Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program (Stage VI), we have set increased use of renewable energy as a new goal, and introduced the target of installing three times as much capacity by the end of FY 2012 as we had in FY 2007.

In FY 2010, we installed 30 kW of solar generating capacity in the Fujitsu FIP data center, which opened in December, and 120 kW at FDK TWICELL. This resulted in a total installed capacity of solar generating equipment of 265 kW at the end of FY 2010, which is 4.8 times that of FY 2007.

Additionally, we increased our target value to 10 times the FY 2007 level by the end of FY 2012, based on our current installation plans.

FDK TWICELL manufactures rechargeable batteries and has implemented a mechanism in which solar generated electricity is used for initial charging of batteries before shipment.

Cumulative Total of Installed Solar Generation (renewable energy)

We also perform carbon offsetting of the electricity we consume by using Green Power certificates*1 at events and exhibitions such as Fujitsu Forums and stockholders' meetings. In FY 2010, we purchased a total of approximately 44,000 kWh worth of these certificates.

*1 This is a system whereby a certificate issuer issues tradable certificates  accredited by a third party (the Green Energy Certification Center) for the  environmental added value of electricity generated by natural energy.

Case Study

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (Germany) (FY2008)

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH (FME) has signed an agreement with Stadtwerke Langen to shift completely to "Watergreen Power" from 2008. This power is produced from 100% renewable energy that generates no carbon dioxide.

Electrical power will come from a hydroelectric plant based in Norway. While usage fees for the power supplied will be slightly higher than before, this arrangement will enable FME to cut its CO2 emissions by 467 tons per year. This contract was also the first for Stadtwerke Langen in which the company became the supplier of only Watergreen power to a major consumer.

* In 2007, the percentage of renewable energy of power supplied by general Japanese electric power companies accounted for 7.3% of the power supply composition.

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