Because we want to be kind to the Earth. Even electricity is recycled from tempura oil!

"Earth Day" is a day for the Earth. Therefore, the electricity consumed at "Earth Day Tokyo 2026" must also be earth-friendly. With this thought, the Workers Co-operative Center Consortium will operate generators using fuel recycled from tempura oil (biodiesel fuel) at "Earth Day Tokyo 2026 @ Yoyogi Park" to supply electricity for the event. We want many people to know that we can generate "environmentally friendly electricity" from our daily lives, rather than relying on fossil fuels like oil, coal, liquefied natural gas, or nuclear power. This time for sure. Break away from fossil fuels. Let's properly integrate "environmentally friendly electricity" into society and our lives. Currently, the supply of crude oil is disrupted due to global tensions. It has been 50 years since the first oil shock in 1973. Despite experiencing multiple energy crises since then, including the second oil shock, the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the invasion of Ukraine, we still rely on Earth's resources like crude oil. Now is the era where we must seriously choose "earth-friendly resources" and "environmentally friendly electricity." What comes to mind when you hear "environmentally friendly electricity"? The trigger for this attention is said to be the "Paris Agreement," adopted at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) in Paris, France. "Eco-friendly electricity" gained global attention, and in Japan, various "green power" and "renewable energy generation" sources like solar, wind, and hydroelectric power have increased nationwide, with households and companies gradually switching their power sources. Let's try making the necessary electricity ourselves! An attempt at creating self-sufficient eco-electricity in the community. The Workers Co-operative Center Consortium has also been advocating for its offices to use electricity with a low environmental impact, and in cooperation with UPDATER Inc.'s "Minna Denryoku," we have been advancing the switch to renewable energy. Furthermore, since 2010, prior to the Paris Agreement, we have been calling on people inside and outside the organization to become as locally self-sufficient in energy as possible. We started an initiative to collect "used tempura oil" discarded from homes and restaurants, manufacture low-environmental-impact "biodiesel fuel (hereinafter referred to as BDF fuel)," and circulate familiar resources as energy with minimal burden on the Earth. The refined BDF fuel is used as fuel for vehicles equipped with diesel engines, heaters for agricultural greenhouses, agricultural machinery, and generators at stores and factories. In recent years, it has increasingly been used as generator fuel for large-scale events such as city illuminations and live music performances. Following last year, we will introduce the initiatives of the Agreen Office of the Workers Co-operative Center Consortium, which will assist in supplying electricity at "Earth Day Tokyo 2026 @ Yoyogi Park" held on Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19. Click here for more about "Earth Day Tokyo". "Earth Day Tokyo 2026": https://www.earthday-tokyo.org/event/earthday2026. BDF fuel manufacturing plant collecting used tempura oil from the community. Two days to think about and act for the Earth. Thinking about the Earth and the environment with biodiesel fuel electricity. — Initiatives of the Workers Co-operative Center Consortium at "Earth Day Tokyo". Almost all of the electricity used at "Earth Day Tokyo 2026" will be provided by "Agreen TOKYO (Ota-ku, Tokyo)" and "Shibayama Agreen (Shibayama-machi, Chiba Prefecture)," which are offices of the Workers Co-operative Center Consortium. Used tempura oil collected from local restaurants and homes is refined into BDF fuel and provided as fuel for generators that produce electricity for the event. We started this initiative in 2019 and have gradually increased the amount of electricity supplied. At "Earth Day Tokyo 2026," we will finally realize our goal of hosting the event with 100% renewable energy. The venue, Yoyogi Park, will feature about 300 booths related to environmental protection, international cooperation, organic food, ethical goods, etc. In addition, about 50 schools and student organizations will exhibit in the "Youth Area." Together with companies supplying electricity generated by solar power for charging "portable power stations" used at these booths and the entire venue, we will supply power using diesel generators running on BDF fuel, supporting an event held with 100% renewable energy. Press release for this initiative at "Earth Day Tokyo 2026": https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000