Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture

FutureCity Reconstruction Initiatives: Utilizing Regional Resources“After all, Shinchi is the best town for us”

February 16, 2013

― Shinchi town earthquake intensity: 6― Area flooded by the tsunami:

about 904 ha (420 ha of agricultural land)― No. of houses totally or partially

destroyed: 577― No. of dead: 116

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Damage resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake

We’re working to achieve future-oriented reconstruction, implementing reconstruction projects based on a broad reconstruction framework. Our goal is to make the entire town into a “FutureCity.”

Rebuilding day-to-day life infrastructure: recovery and reconstruction

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中島地区土地区画整理事業計画地

Abundant energy resources in Shinchi Town

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Soma Joint Power Plant

East End of Soma Industrial Park

Soma Port

Soma Main Industrial Park

Shinchi has a land area of 46.35 Km2 and a population of 8,024 (as of January 2013). It is located approximately 50 km from Sendai City. The town is equipped with two million-kw thermal power stations, and surveying is underway with a view to construction of an LNG plant. The area has vast potential energy resources.

Adoption of solar power in elementary and junior high school

Solar power generation project supported by the Coca-Cola Japan Reconstruction Fund― Location: Four elementary and junior high schools ― Total project cost: 117.6 million yen ― Equipment: Solar power generation system and rechargeable battery systems

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FacilityName

Fukuda Elementary

School

ShinchiElementary

School

Komagamine Elementary

School

Shoei Junior High School

Maximumpower output

21.6 kW 20 kW 22.3 kW 20.8 kW

Rechargeable battery

type

Lithium ionpolymer

Lithium ion polymer Lithium ion Lead

Rechargeable battery

output16.3 kW 16.3 kW 15 kW 16 kW

Solar power output and consumption (October-December 2012)

Solar power output and consumption (October 2012)

Shinchi Elementary School

Shinchi Elementary School

Implementing environmental education drawing on the visibility of solar power generation

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Carry out environmental education by effectively utilizing the visibility of solar power generation

― Hold classes using information-sharing by linking children’s PCs to electronic blackboards

Environmental Initiative

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Renewable energy use/promotion plan survey projectConsider natural energy sources to supply large-scale vegetable growing facilities and public/commercial/municipal facilities as well as housing in disaster-hit coastal areas. *Demonstration testing method: Install solar power panels, solar thermal panels, simplified latent heat storage devices, and EMS-driven control/measurement devices

Establishing “Shinchi Nakajima Eco Town” using renewable energy (overview)

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Hilly/m

ountainous area

Coast al areas/

tsunami devastated areas

8Mountain forests

ForestsBiomassenergy

Solar power

Factory district/LNG plant

Shinchi Smart Hybrid Town (overview)

Pre-existing vegetable-growing facility (4.4ha)

Small-scale hybrid energy supply

On-demand transport

Public facility(government buildings)

Waste

Heavy oil Pruned branchesAgricultural residue

Disaster prevention system using GIS

Disaster renovation housing

Renovated housing block

Renovated housing block

Public facility(school)

Waste generated by Shinchi’s population of 8,000 offsets 1.5 ha of heavy oil

・Solar power, rechargeable batteries, and electricity meters set up at three elementary and one junior high school・Set up solar power and rechargeable batteries at evacuation centers, etc. (2013 and 2014)

Regional environmental management ICT Network

Distributed energysupply network

New plant-growing facility

Heat supplyElectricity

supply

Thermal power plant

Electricity supply +

heat waste

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