Electricity prices continue to be record high due to the influence of the situation in Ukraine, but new services and systems that reduce expenses and contribute to decarbonization are emerging.
Sumitomo Realty & Development and TEPCO provide a service to rent solar panels and storage batteries for single-family homes.
When purchased, it usually costs millions of yen to install, but the initial cost is free and it is a "subscription type" that pays a fixed amount every month.
Residents can use the electricity from the sun, and the surplus electricity can be sold to the electric power company.
This means that even if you pay the leasing fee in a standard household, you can reduce your monthly electricity bill by about 1500 yen.
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Sumitomo Realty & Development's Tosiya Suzuki, Chief of Public Relations, said, "Because it leads to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, it can also contribute to the government's goal of decarbonization."
On the other hand, Eretoku, which develops air-conditioning services for companies, provides a system that reduces electricity charges by automatically and finely adjusting cooling and ventilation.
At the warehouse that handles food in Saitama City, which we have introduced, we were able to reduce electricity charges by more than 10% in March compared to normal years.
"Eretoku" said, "It's easy to install, and it's possible to reduce electricity costs and meet the needs of companies."
The voice of the user
Kenta Ishii (30) of Saitama City, who has been using the service of renting solar panels and storage batteries for detached houses since the end of last month, pays 11,500 yen a month and generates electricity with solar power on sunny days. I use the electricity I have used at home, and when the sun is not shining, I store electricity in the storage battery.
You can also sell the surplus electricity to the power company.
Mr. Ishii, who is using the service, said, "You can install the solar panel as if you were subscribed, and you installed it because you wanted to reduce the fixed cost of electricity. You can rest assured that the storage battery can be used even in the event of a power outage due to a disaster. I was talking.
On the other hand, in February, the distribution warehouse in Saitama City introduced a new system to reduce the power consumption of air conditioning.
In the company's food warehouse, the monthly electricity bill exceeds 10 million yen because the refrigerator and freezer are operated 24 hours a day, but the introduction of the equipment reduced the monthly electricity bill by more than 10% compared to the average year. about it.
In addition, since the reduction data of carbon dioxide emissions is shown every month, it is said that it is also effective as an initiative for decarbonization, and it is considering introducing it in other warehouses.
Keiichiro Osono, president of South Japan Transport Warehouse, said, "The soaring electricity bill will cause great damage and we would like to continue to devise ways to keep costs down."