Shiga Bank Group Achieves "Self-Produced, Self-Consumed" Renewable Energy Model
Shiga Bank, Shigagin Energy, Osaka Gas, and Daigas Energy have partnered to establish a "self-produced, self-consumed" renewable energy model within the Shiga Bank Group, utilizing solar power generated by Shigagin Energy. This initiative aims to simultaneously promote local energy circulation and reduce environmental impact, thereby accelerating regional decarbonization and the realization of a carbon-neutral society.
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Shiga Bank, Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Shinya Kubota, hereinafter "Shiga Bank"), Shigagin Energy Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Daisuke Umehara, hereinafter "Shigagin Energy"), Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masataka Fujiwara, hereinafter "Osaka Gas"), and Daigas Energy Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Hirotaka Fukutani, hereinafter "Daigas Energy") have agreed to establish a "self-produced, self-consumed"※1 model (hereinafter "this initiative") for supplying renewable energy (hereinafter "RE") electricity derived from solar power plants owned by Shigagin Energy to Shiga Bank's head office and other facilities, utilizing the environmental value generated. Osaka Gas began supplying RE electricity to Shiga Bank today, and will combine it with environmental value derived from solar power plants owned by Shigagin Energy in the future.
This initiative utilizes the "FIT specific wholesale supply"※2 mechanism by Osaka Gas to supply RE electricity, combined with environmental value derived from solar power plants owned by Shigagin Energy, to Shiga Bank's head office building and major branches with large electricity contract capacities. The RE electricity supplied will be sold as the RE electricity rate plan "D-Green" by Daigas Energy, an agent of Osaka Gas.
This initiative, which utilizes the environmental value created by the Shiga Bank Group within the group, simultaneously achieves regional energy circulation and a reduction in environmental impact through the use of RE.
Moving forward, the four companies will expand this "self-produced, self-consumed" initiative to a "local production for local consumption" initiative, where regionally sourced RE is used within the region, thereby promoting decarbonization across the entire region and working towards the realization of a carbon-neutral society.
## Initiatives of the Shiga Bank Group
Shiga Bank's 8th Medium-Term Management Plan, formulated in April 2024, sets a goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for Scope 1 and 2 by March 2029.
The annual power generation of the solar power plants owned by Shigagin Energy, established in the same year, is approximately three times the annual electricity consumption of the Shiga Bank Group. Through the establishment of a "self-produced, self-consumed" energy model, the group will accelerate its efforts to realize a decarbonized society in the region.
The Shiga Bank Group will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society together with the community, based on its purpose of "making the region happy with the 'Sanpo Yoshi' spirit."
## Initiatives of the Daigas Group
The Daigas Group aims to expand its contribution to RE diffusion to 5 million kW※3 by FY2030, including self-development, ownership, and procurement from other companies, both domestically and internationally, towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
Moving forward, we will actively support "local production for local consumption" initiatives that utilize regionally sourced RE within the region from the perspective of a retail electricity provider, and work to solve challenges towards the realization of a carbon-neutral society together with corporate customers promoting decarbonization.
※1: Utilizing energy that one has produced oneself. A coined word capturing local production for local consumption from the perspective of the agent/producer.
※2: A mechanism that allows RE electricity generated from FIT-certified power plants (power plants certified under the feed-in tariff system for RE) to be supplied wholesale to retail electricity providers "by specifying a particular power plant" without going through the wholesale electricity market.
※3: Includes projects under construction, already decided projects, and power sources eligible for the FIT scheme.
## Renewable Energy "Self-Produced, Self-Consumed" Model
This initiative utilizes the "FIT specific wholesale supply"※2 mechanism by Osaka Gas to supply RE electricity, combined with environmental value derived from solar power plants owned by Shigagin Energy, to Shiga Bank's head office building and major branches with large electricity contract capacities. The RE electricity supplied will be sold as the RE electricity rate plan "D-Green" by Daigas Energy, an agent of Osaka Gas.
This initiative, which utilizes the environmental value created by the Shiga Bank Group within the group, simultaneously achieves regional energy circulation and a reduction in environmental impact through the use of RE.
Moving forward, the four companies will expand this "self-produced, self-consumed" initiative to a "local production for local consumption" initiative, where regionally sourced RE is used within the region, thereby promoting decarbonization across the entire region and working towards the realization of a carbon-neutral society.
## Initiatives of the Shiga Bank Group
Shiga Bank's 8th Medium-Term Management Plan, formulated in April 2024, sets a goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for Scope 1 and 2 by March 2029.
The annual power generation of the solar power plants owned by Shigagin Energy, established in the same year, is approximately three times the annual electricity consumption of the Shiga Bank Group. Through the establishment of a "self-produced, self-consumed" energy model, the group will accelerate its efforts to realize a decarbonized society in the region.
The Shiga Bank Group will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society together with the community, based on its purpose of "making the region happy with the 'Sanpo Yoshi' spirit."
## Initiatives of the Daigas Group
The Daigas Group aims to expand its contribution to RE diffusion to 5 million kW※3 by FY2030, including self-development, ownership, and procurement from other companies, both domestically and internationally, towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
Moving forward, we will actively support "local production for local consumption" initiatives that utilize regionally sourced RE within the region from the perspective of a retail electricity provider, and work to solve challenges towards the realization of a carbon-neutral society together with corporate customers promoting decarbonization.
※1: Utilizing energy that one has produced oneself. A coined word capturing local production for local consumption from the perspective of the agent/producer.
※2: A mechanism that allows RE electricity generated from FIT-certified power plants (power plants certified under the feed-in tariff system for RE) to be supplied wholesale to retail electricity providers "by specifying a particular power plant" without going through the wholesale electricity market.
※3: Includes projects under construction, already decided projects, and power sources eligible for the FIT scheme.
## Renewable Energy "Self-Produced, Self-Consumed" Model