NEC establishes 100% renewable energy plant in Fukushima

• 31 Jul 2023
• TM Team
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Aiming to live harmoniously with the earth to secure the future, the NEC Group is focusing on "Environment" as one of the pillars of its NEC 2030Vision. Sustainability is an essential component of a company's environmental strategy. And this is not just about the environment, it's also about sustainability of business. Turning environmental initiatives into business—NEC has made significant progress in realizing this concept with sales as the starting point. One recent achievement in this endeavor is the construction of a 100% renewable energy factory. NEC is working with strong partners, NTT and NTT Anode Energy, to pursue a new initiative towards a decarbonized society.

"NTT and NEC collaborate to promote a decarbonized society." This initiative, announced on April 6, 2023, will establish the first factory for NEC Platforms to use 100% renewable power (to start by the first quarter of FY2024). It will also be the first time for the NTT Group to directly supply renewable power to a client.

The key point of this first-time endeavor is that the power is also renewable energy, so it is entirely eco-friendly. The factory produces state-of-the-art products that significantly reduce the burden on the environment. This framework, which is aimed at promoting a decarbonized society, including supply chains, is in line with the environmental strategies of both the NTT Group and the NEC Group.

Let's take a closer look. NTT Anode Energy, the energy company of the NTT Group, newly installed a solar power plant for NEC to supply power to NEC Platforms Fukushima Plant. The plant in Fukushima, using 100% renewable power, will manufacture equipment for 5G base stations and other networking equipment. In the future, it will also manufacture equipment compatible with NTT's next-generation optical communication platform, IOWN (stands for Innovative Optical & Wireless Network). IOWN, a cutting-edge technology from NTT, is attracting attention because it drastically reduces power consumption by replacing semiconductor electronic circuits with optical circuits.