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Sharp’s Kameyama Plant—Environmentally
Conscious Manufacturing Facility Uses Superconducting Energy Storage System
Osaka, Japan, September 19: Sharp
Corporation’s state-of-the-art Kameyama Plant No. 2 became operational in August
of this year. This LCD manufacturing facility uses 8th generation glass
substrates, the world’s largest (2,160 X 2,460 mm), and the 52V- and 46V-inch
LCD TVs using panels produced from these substrates will be introduced
simultaneously around the world starting from October 1, 2006.
As a Super Green Factory with a high level of
environmental performance designed to minimize impacts on the environment to the
greatest extent possible, the Kameyama Plant features an energy supply system
based on integrating diverse power sources distributed within the plant into a
single large-scale system independent of the utility power grid. These power
sources include the world’s largest photovoltaic power system and one of Japan’s
largest fuel-cell and cogeneration systems.
This system covers about one-third of the
total electric power requirements for the entire Kameyama Plant, and reduces CO2
emissions from the plant by approximately 40% compared to the level from
conventional power sources. In addition, all wastewater from manufacturing
processes is recycled. Taken together, these measures result in one of the
world’s most advanced, environmentally conscious manufacturing facilities.
Additionally, at Plant No. 2, we have constructed
a system to ensure continuous round-the-clock operation by minimizing the
potential impact of natural disasters, such as installing a seismic damping
system that absorbs shocks even when an earthquake measuring 7 on the Japanese
intensity scale occurs, and installing the world’s largest superconducting
magnetic energy storage system that prevents momentary power drop-outs that
sometimes occur when lightning strikes from affecting production equipment.
Today, the world stands on the threshold of the
age of digital images, and demand for large-format, high-definition LCD TVs with
low power consumption is increasing markedly. Sharp is supplying AQUOS LCD TVs
to the world from this Kameyama Plant, which has been designed to be as
eco-friendly as possible, and is aiming to become an environmentally advanced
company of the 21st century.
Major Features
- Generate approximately one-third of
the electrical power used in the plant in-house by installing a distributed
power system that integrates power from diverse sources, the largest of its
kind in Japan. And, reduce CO2
emissions by approximately 40% compared to conventional levels.
- Installed the world’s largest
photovoltaic power system (approx. 5,210 kW, equivalent to the power
generated by approx. 1,300 typical residential PV power systems), slashing
CO2 emissions by
about 3,400 tons per year.
- Installed one of Japan’s largest fuel
cell systems (1,000 kW), reducing CO2
emissions by around 3,000 tons per year.
- Installed one of Japan’s largest
cogeneration systems (approx. 26,400 kW), reducing CO2
emissions by around 76,000 tons per year.
- Installed one of the industry’s largest
wastewater recycling systems, purifying and recycling 100% of the
manufacturing process wastewater (28,300 tons per day).
- Prevent the impact of natural disasters by
introducing state-of-the-art technologies to ensure round-the-clock
uninterrupted operation.
- Installed the world’s largest
superconducting magnetic energy storage system (10,000 kW) to handle
momentary power interruptions resulting from lightning strikes, etc.
- Installed a seismic damping system that
absorbs shock waves from earthquakes.
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