The Omi Plant is geographically situated amid a web of 17 hydroelectric power plants, including power plans co-owned together with Kurobegawa Electric Power Company, which boast a combined maximum output of approximately 140,000 kW, making this one of the largest private-owned power generation networks of its kind in Japan. All of these facilities employ a natural inflow type hydroelectric power generation system that ushers river water into the turbine runners and returns it to the river as soon it leaves the generator. Thanks to these features, this type of hydroelectric power plant places a relatively smaller burden on the natural environment. Moreover, hydroelectric power plants generate virtually no greenhouse gases while serving as a renewable energy source with superior energy efficiency. Thus, these power plants are capable of harmoniously coexisting with the natural environment while generating electricity in a sustainable manner. We aim to make effective use of these resources to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

Rationalizing the use of energy is an effective means of achieving carbon neutrality. To date, we have been making efforts to efficiently utilize energy by switching to alternative fuels at our thermal power plants, introducing high-efficiency gas turbine power generators, and promoting waste heat power generation at our cement plants. Most recently, a high-efficiency gas turbine power generator was put into operation at the Omi Plant in 2020, and a similar gas turbine started operation at the Chiba Plant in 2022.