In response to the continuation of the "Electricity Supply and Demand Tight Warning" within the jurisdiction of TEPCO, Roppongi Hills in Minato-ku, Tokyo will supply surplus electricity to the outside by increasing the operating rate of private power generation facilities. became.
Five generators that use natural gas as fuel are installed in the basement of Roppongi Hills to cover the power consumption of the entire area.
We have been supplying surplus electricity to the wholesale market, but since the "Electricity Supply and Demand Tight Warning" has continued this week, the real estate giant Mori Building, which manages the facility, has an operating rate of its own power generation facility. We decided to increase the amount of power supplied to the outside by increasing the amount of electricity.
From next month, we plan to supply electricity for about 1800 households to the outside per day, and at the same time we will take measures to save electricity, such as turning off some lights in the corridors of office buildings, to secure the electricity to be supplied. is.
The company expects that the supply and demand of electricity in the Tokyo metropolitan area will continue to be difficult, so we will continue these efforts until September.
Yasuyuki Mikami, the technical manager of the private power generation facility, said, "We want to contribute to society by making the most of the potential of the facility even as the electric power continues to be tight."