Power Generation Results (Monthly Power Receipt Volume) for April 2020
erex Group is pleased to announce the power generation volume (monthly power receipt volume) for April 2020 as follows.
erex Group’s Total Monthly Power Receipt Volume for April *1
3 Power Plants Total | 47,589 MWh |
Name of power plant | Tosa Power Plant *2 | Saiki Power Plant*3 | Buzen Biomass Power Plant*4 |
Total Monthly Power Receipt Volume (MWh) | 2,521 | 29,997 | 15,071 |
*1 Each power volume is rounded down to the nearest whole number.
*2 Tosa Power Plant suspended its operations from April 5 to April 29 for regular repairs.
*3 Saiki Power Plant suppressed its output 21 times in accordance with the “directive to suppress output based on the priority power supply rule”.
*4 Buzen Biomass Power Plant suspended its operations from April 11 to April 30 for regular repairs, and suppressed its output 9 times in accordance with the “directive to suppress output based on the priority power supply rule”.
erex Group’s biomass power generation is classified as a biomass single-fuel power source under the priority power supply operation rule and was operated at a predetermined “minimum output that can maintain a stable supply”. The impact of the output suppression this time on the consolidated financial results is minor.
Note) Monthly power receipt volume for Ofunato Power Plant is not disclosed.
erex Group operates the largest-level biomass power plants in Japan, fueled by palm kernel shells (PKS), with a total output of approximately 220 MW (as of May 2020). In addition, erex Group is working to foster renewable energy under the government’s Feed-in-Tariff for Renewable Energy (FIT) program.
As a leading company in renewable energy, erex Group is committed to continuing to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society in Japan by planning a total output of approximately 350 MW with six power plants to realize an even more satisfactory energy supply in the future.
Power Generation Results to Date
Name of the Power Plant | Tosa Power Plant | Saiki Power Plant | Buzen Biomass Power Plant | 3 Power Plants Total |
April 2020 | 2,521 | 29,997 | 15,071 | 47,589 |
March 2020 | 13,335 | 28,008 | 48,372 | 89,715 |
February 2020 | 9,841 | 24,216 | 45,936 | 79,993 |
January 2020 | 8,582 | 32,476 | 42,895 | 83,953 |
December 2019 | 7,775 | 28,864 | – | 36,639 |
November 2019 | 7,445 | 7,371 | – | 14,816 |