COSMO
About 54% of the total power consumption of public facilities in Oi Town, Kanagawa Prefecture will be converted to electricity from substantially renewable energy
– Promoting decarbonization efforts to realize a zero-carbon city in 2050 –
Cosmo Oil Marketing Co., Ltd. (President: Koji Moriyama, hereinafter “Cosmo Oil Marketing”) and Oimachi, Kanagawa Prefecture (Mayor: Shinichi Oda, hereinafter “Oimachi”) have established public facilities, including the Oimachi government office and elementary and junior high schools. We have agreed to start supplying power derived from substantially renewable energy (hereinafter “substantially renewable power”) to 12 facilities.
In March 2022, the Mayor of Oi Town and the Chairman of the Assembly jointly announced the “Oi Town Climate Emergency Declaration” in order to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Based on this announcement, Cosmo Oil Marketing’s real renewable energy power plan “Cosmo Electric Business Green” (*1) will be introduced to 12 public facilities, including the Oi Town Hall and elementary and junior high schools.
“Cosmo Electric Business Green” is a real renewable energy power plan that combines non-fossil certificates with tracking linked to wind power generated by Cosmo Energy Group’s Cosmo Eco Power Co., Ltd. (President: Masayoshi Noji). With the introduction of this system, approximately 2.1 million kWh (*2) of the annual power consumption of 12 facilities, including the Oi Town Hall, has been converted to renewable power, accounting for approximately 54% of the total power consumption of Oi Town public facilities. Equivalent. This will also reduce annual 832 tons-CO2 emissions.
This agreement is one of the results of our joint efforts with local distributors to make proposals as part of the introduction of Cosmo Oil Marketing’s product “Cosmo Zero Cabo Solution” (*3), which was launched last year.
Cosmo Oil Marketing and Oimachi will continue to discuss various initiatives to further reduce environmental impact and realize a decarbonized society.
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Oi Town Hall
*1: About “Cosmo Denki Business Green”
This is a service that realizes virtually zero CO2 emissions by adding environmental value using non-fossil energy certificates designated for renewable energy. By purchasing non-fossil certificates, etc. equivalent to or more than the customer’s total annual sales volume and using them in conjunction with the sale of electricity, virtually all of the electricity used will be renewable energy-derived electricity with environmental value. Since the start of sales in 2020, it has been used mainly by corporate and local government customers aiming for decarbonization.
URL: https://www.cosmo-denki.com/business/low/green/
*2: Electricity consumption results for FY2021
*3: About Cosmo Zero Cabo Solution
URL: https://ceh.cosmo-oil.co.jp/press/p_210915/index.html
https://www.cosmo-denki.com/business/lp/solution/
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