Government Subsidies Related to the Environment and Energy

We proactively utilize subsidy programs to develop technologies that lead to ecological and energy-saving solutions.
Making use of the subsidy program for the rationalization of business operators’ energy use by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), we are actively investing in energy saving and CO₂ reduction.
Over the course of the last five fiscal years (fiscal 2016 through 2020), Denka has been granted subsidies for ten projects—including projects for the demonstration of advanced technologies—and delivering results in accordance with their respective goals.

Energy Saving Initiatives

Utilizing the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's "Energy Usage Rationalization Business Support Subsidy", we have achieved the expected effects by introducing an electrolysis plant, high-performance lime furnace, and gas turbine power generation at the Omi Plant, and a high-efficiency boiler at the Shibukawa Plant. The gas turbine power generation at the Chiba Plant started operating in 2022.
Using subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment, we promoted energy conservation by switching to LED lighting at the Omi Plant and Chiba Plant.

Environmental Load Reduction

Proposed and adopted as a consortium together with Kajima Corporation and Takenaka Corporation for the NEDO Green Innovation Fund project "Concrete manufacturing technology development project using CO₂".
Based on the technology cultivated in the carbonation admixture "LEAF" in this project, we will develop materials using unused resources such as industrial waste that have not yet been effectively utilized, clarify the mechanism of CO₂ fixation, We mainly develop quality control and fixed quantity evaluation methods.
Through this project, we aim to realize carbon-negative concrete and spread it in earnest both in Japan and overseas.
Similarly, the NEDO Stable Supply Support Fund project will promote research and development of new processes for battery materials that do not emit CO₂ from raw materials.
The Ministry of the Environment Project to Promote the Introduction of Advanced Resource Recycling Facilities has begun commercializing the chemical recycling of polystyrene resin and is scheduled to begin operation in the second half of fiscal 2023.

List of Subsidized Projects