Press Release
Commencement of Demonstration Operation of Regional Microgrid in Kawaji Area of Iida City
February 25, 2025
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.
Chubu Electric Power and Iida City (Mayor: Takeshi Sato) jointly submitted a proposal of “the urban planning that connects people and communities with a regional microgrid utilizing existing power distribution systems” for the 2nd Decarbonization Leading Area (Note1) to the Ministry of the Environment, and it was selected in 2022（announced on November 1, 2022）.
Based on this joint proposal, our company and Iida City have been working together to build a regional microgrid (Note2) (“Iida Microgrid”) using Mega Solar Iida, a solar power generation facility we operate in the Kawaji area of Iida City, newly installing storage batteries and energy management systems, and the existing power distribution system.
（Note1）Decarbonization Leading Area is the region that aims to achieve virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions by FY2030, based on regional characteristics, in order to become carbon neutral by 2050. 81 proposals have now been selected by the Ministry of the Environment for the entire country.
（Note2）It is a system that uses local power distribution lines to form a small power grid between solar and other power generation facilities in the community and evacuation facilities to deliver electricity in the event of a prolonged power outage due to a disaster or other event.
The installation and development of the new facilities have been completed, and we are today announcing the start of the demonstration operation of Iida Microgrid. We will conduct field tests together with the local community under the simulation of a prolonged power outage due to a disaster, etc., and aim to start actual operation by 2030.
Through this demonstration, Chubu Electric Power will promote local production for local consumption of energy through optimal operation of power generation facilities and storage batteries, and will contribute to strengthening regional resilience by supplying power to evacuation facilities in the event of an emergency disaster.