Power Generation Results (Monthly Power Receipt Volume) for April 2021

erex Group is pleased to announce the power generation volume (monthly power receipt volume) for April 2021 as follows.

 

erex Group’s Total Monthly Power Receipt Volume for April*1

3 Power Plants Total 55,877 MWh

 

Name of the Power Plant Tosa Power Plant*2 Saiki Power Plant*3 Buzen Biomass Power Plant*4
Total Monthly Power Receipt Volume (MWh) 5,364 28,337 22,176

 

*1 Each power volume is rounded down to the nearest whole number.

*2 Tosa Power Plant suspended its operations from April 1 to April 15 for regular repairs.
Tosa Power Plant also suspended its operations from April 16 to April 19 for equipment inspection.

*3 Saiki Power Plant suppressed its output 22 times in accordance with the “directive to suppress output based on the priority power supply rule”.

*4 Buzen Biomass Power Plant suppressed its output 11 times in accordance with the “directive to suppress output based on the priority power supply rule”.
Buzen Biomass Power Plant also suspended its operations from April 16 to April 30 for regular repairs.

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 PKS and wood pellets, with a total output of approximately 220 MW (as of April 2021). 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 2021 5,364 28,337 22,176 55,877
March 2021 6,899 28,351 49,030 84,280
February 2021 12,064 29,544 45,440 87,048
January 2021 13,356 33,138 50,923 97,417
December 2020 13,269 33,196 51,226 97,691
November 2020 12,915 8,616 25,427 46,958