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1.Environmental Plant Business■ Receiving the Japan Resilience Award (Resilience Grand Prize) 2019 Grand Prix
The Imabari City Waste Management Center, which received the Japan Resilience Award(Resilience Grand Prize) 2019, incinerates solid waste from about 160,000 residents of the city of
Imabari and uses the resulting thermal energy to generate electricity. The plant is the first solid
waste treatment facility in Japan to adopt the “Phase Free” concept, allowing it to function as a place
where residents can gather and enjoy interaction with other members of the community during
times of normal operation and as a designated evacuation center where residents can seek refuge intimes of disaster. The facility has incorporated procedures such as disaster prevention training andevacuation center operation into its operation in order to ensure it can serve as a space whereresidents can evacuate with peace of mind in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
The plant received the Grand Prix in recognition of these advanced and extensive disasterprevention initiatives.
* Japan Resilience Awards
The Japan Resilience Awards recognize advanced companies and organizations that have undertaken activities,
technology or product development programs, or other initiatives to help make their country, region, people, orindustry more resilient in an effort to build a next-generation society that is resistant to the effects of disasters.

At the award ceremony

Imabari City Waste Management Center
Phase Free initiative

Normal operation

Strengthening our value chain and＋supplying facilities that create new value

Solid waste
treatment

Always (normal operation)

Waste treatment ● Environment awareness-raising activities● Events ● Supply of power to the community ● Resident activities● Communication of facility information●

We receive orders for a broad range ofservices, from construction to maintenance.
Since constructing Japanʼs first fully continuous mechanicalEnergy from Waste plant in 1963, Takuma has delivered Energy
from Waste plants for more than half a century as a leading
company in its industry. To date, weʼve delivered more than360 plants in Japan, including Energy from Waste plants withsome of the largest processing capacities in Japan (at 1,800
tons per day) and methane gasification facilities.
During FY2018, we received two orders for new municipal solid
waste treatment plants, one for the Osaka City・Yao City・
Matsubara City Environment Facilities Association (located in
Osaka Prefecture), and one for the Ariake Living Environment
Facilities Association (located in Fukuoka Prefecture). We also
received a total of four orders for primary equipment
improvement work and equipment renovation work for customers
including the Oshima District Cooperative of Municipal Solid
Waste Management (located in Hokkaido Prefecture) and the Cityof Hitachiota (located in Ibaraki Prefecture). We also received
orders for overhaul work, regular adjustment, and maintenanceinspections from local governments, and weʼre working hard tomaintain plant performance and stable operation.

Weʼre seeing steady growth in orders forfiltration systems.
Takuma also has more than 50 years of experience in water
treatment, another key aspect of the Environmental Plant

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Business. Our products excel particularly in advanced wastewater
treatment technologies, and weʼve delivered numerous upflow
moving-bed filtration systems (Uniflow Sand Filter).
During FY2018, we received orders for sand filtration systems
and other products, and order volume is generally in line with
our goals for the first year of the current Medium-Term
Management Plan.

Weʼre helping build a sustainable society.
Noteworthy accomplishments during FY2018 included
receipt of the Grand Prix, the most prestigious award at the
Association for Resilience Japanʼs Japan Resilience Award(Resilience Grand Prize) 2019, together with Imabari City
(Ehime Prefecture), NPO Imabari Center, and Imabari High
Trust Co., Ltd. The accolade recognized advanced and extensive
disaster prevention initiatives carried out by the four partners
at the Imabari City Waste Management Center, a facility that
we delivered in FY2017.
In this way, we will continue to supply safe facilities thatinspire peace of mind and comfort on the part of local
residents, enhance operations and service, and strengthen ourvalue chain in areas such as plant maintenance and operation.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals wereadopted in 2015, and the Paris Agreement came into force in2016. Going forward, Takuma will work to help build asustainable society by striving to reduce its environmental
impacts.

The facilityʼs gym is used for resident activities.

The facility supports events by local NPOs.

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Officer
Hidetoshi Tomita Executive
Executive Manager, Environmental Plant DivisionPower
generation

In times of emergency (natural disasters)

Continuation of waste treatment ● Disaster waste treatment● Evacuation center ● Supply of power to evacuation centers● Provision of space for evacuees ● Communication of disaster information●

The gym can be used as an evacuation center.

The facility supports evacuation center
operation by local NPOs.

Equipment-focused initiatives (Resilient facilities and equipment) Organizational initiatives (Personnel support and community development)■ Opening Solution Lab, a next-generation facility that utilizes ICT
Since opening in 2004, Takumaʼs Comprehensive Operation Support Center has provided
remote monitoring and operational support for municipal solid waste treatment facilities. In
2019, we opened the Solution Lab with the goal of further enhancing the Centerʼs functionality
by augmenting the expertise itʼs accumulated to date with use of operational and maintenancemanagement data obtained by means of the latest information and communications
technologies (IoT, “Big Data,” and AI). As a result, it is able to offer optimal, high-quality
operational support services in partnership with group company Takuma Technos.
The Solution Lab will move to the sixth floor of the tentatively named Takuma Building New
Wing (Training Center)*, which is being built at our Head Office campus.
* The Takuma Building New Wing, which is scheduled to be completed in October 2020, is a six-story,
next-generation wood structure built using cross-laminated timber (CLT) and fireproof laminatedwood. The structure was selected as part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourismʼs FY2018 Sustainable Building Leading Program (Leading Wood Structures).

Operation andmaintenance support

Three roles of the Solution Lab
Customer issue resolution
and research

Human resources development
and technology training

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1.Environmental Plant Business(Related SDGs)

Municipal solid waste treatment plants built recently are required to offer far-reaching performance and functionality, including
increased generating efﬁciency and recycling rates, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, enhanced facility resilience, and longer
service lives.
To meet precisely these demands from society and customers, Takuma delivers safe facilities that inspire peace of mind by taking
maximum advantage of the advanced technologies and expertise that have been fostered by its extensive track record of projects.

■ Plant construction●■ Primary equipment improvements
Municipal solid waste treatment plants must operate for extended periods of time, but their equipment must be updated once 20 or more years
have passed since the start of operation. In addition, changes to applicable laws and social conditions may necessitate large-scale modiﬁcations.
Takuma draws on the sophisticated heat utilization technologies and energy-saving technologies it has accumulated as a boiler andenvironmental plant manufacturer to carry out high-value-added and large-scale renovation projects. In this way, we are able to help extend
facilitiesʼ service life while lowering CO2 emissions.

Example of a primary equipment improvement project

Stoker-type incinerators

Energy from Waste plants must process waste in a safe and stable manner. Takuma stoker-type incinerators, which are one of our
ﬂagship products, excel at safe, stable combustion and generate lower CO2 emissions than other designs that require auxiliary fuel.
By combining a stoker-type incinerator with other technologies such as high-efﬁciency power generation and advanced exhaust gas
treatment, weʼre helping municipalities around Japan solve their solid waste treatment issues.
Steam

A
2

B

Circulation of ﬂy ash

Technology for circulating ﬂy ash collected by a ﬁlter-type dust
collector reduces the amount of ﬂy ash requiring ﬁnal disposal.

Steam turbine
generator

3

BoilerExhaust gas recirculation

Exhaust gas recirculation technology
limits the generation of toxic substances.

Measures to recover energy

Improvement of heat recovery

・Installing boilers on

water-injection furnaces
・Expanding boilersʼ
heating surface

Measures to save energy

Improvement ofsteam turbine capacity

Enhancement of
combustion equipment efﬁciency

Improving generating
capacity by increasing
steam intake capacity andoptimizing design features

Improving stable combustion bychanging furnace shape andstabilizing the volume of steam
generation and power generation

Control changes
Introducing inverters
for speed and airﬂow
control

Raising efﬁciency
Raising the efﬁciency ofelectric machinery andother components

Exhaust gas

Economizer
Catalyzer■ Maintenance

Filter-type
dust collector

1

1A
StokerIncineration of solid waste

・Solid waste introduced into theincinerator burns at a temperature of
850 C or higher as it moves on thestoker (a step grate stoker system).

●

B

2

Stack

3

Use of steam・Heat produced during the incineration process is recovered by theboiler and economizer and used to produce steam, which ﬂows
through a steam turbine generator to generate electricity.
・Steam also serves as a heat source for hot water, heating, cooling, andother uses in the plant and nearby facilities.

Processing of exhaust gas

・Toxic substances in exhaust gas ﬂowing

out of the boiler and economizer are
removed by a ﬁlter-type dust collector
and catalyzer so that they do not remainin smoke generated by the plant.

Combustible waste
Methane gas

Garbage
Wet paper

Methane fermentation tankFermentation
residue
Plastics, etc.

Steam

Electricity
generation
Gas-powered
generator

Repairing an incineratorʼs refractory

Maintaining a conveyor

Electricity
generation

Steam turbine generator
Exhaust gas

Incinerator and boiler

Exhaust gas
treatment system

The long-term turnkey operation business, in which customers enter into contracts covering both operation and maintenance management fora term of 10 to 20 years, has become the most common approach in the industry in recent years, for example in the form of DBO projects. The
Takuma Group operates many facilities using this approach.
Weʼve been introducing, a comprehensive operation, maintenance, and management support system that we developed in
FY2016, to these facilities in an effort to improve our operation and maintenance management services. Furthermore, weʼre offering additional
support for operation while helping customers resolve issues by using data collected from facilities we operate by the Solution Lab (see page 26).
We will continue to meet the needs of customers and society by making maximum use of the Takuma Groupʼs technologies and expertise,including maintenance management expertise accumulated by Takuma and operational management expertise accumulated by Group company
Takuma Technos.

Operating data

Electric powercompany

Sorting system

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Annual maintenance is essential in order to ensure stable operation ofmunicipal solid waste treatment plants. Maintenance demands bothsophisticated technological capabilities and experience, both because
waste treatment plants draw on a range of expertise and because themanner in which their equipment deteriorates over time varies with theproperties of the waste they process. Takuma takes maximum advantage of
its accumulated expertise to contribute to stable waste treatment andlong-term facility operation by developing long-term repair plans, carryingout elaborate site investigations, and then performing maintenance thathas been optimized in terms of both timing and content.

■ Long-term turnkey operation business

Methane recovery plants

Recently the Ministry of the Environment has been encouraging the introduction of methane recovery plants for use with municipal solid
waste. This is an area where Takuma is helping further lower CO2 emissions with a combined system of methane fermentation and incineration
for municipal solid waste to recover the maximum amount of energy from the waste treatment and utilize it in high-efﬁciency power
generation. (The system received the New Energy Foundationʼs Chairman Award at the FY2014 New Energy Awards.)

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Incinerator

Stack

Operated
facility
New EnergyAwardsNew Energy
Foundationʼs
Chairman
Award

Inspection data
Maintenance data

Increasing the quality of our operation,
maintenance, and management services
・Implementation of safe and sophisticated operation
・Streamlining of maintenance and management
・Optimization of utility use and powerincome/expenditures

Aggregationof dataUtilization ofsystemfunctionality andprovision oftechnical support

Takuma, Takuma Technos
integrated server
Solution Lab
Central management andaccumulation of a range of data types
・Statistical analysis of data and machine learning
・Evaluation of equipment performance and failure prediction
・Visualization of service level and study of reductions etc.

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Takuma has delivered numerous systems utilizing advanced technologies, particularly for treating wastewater, in an effort to help
conserve the aquatic environment.
The recent trend is for plants to be called upon not only to purify water, but also to reduce power use by treatment equipment andcreate energy from sewage sludge. In an effort to meet these requirements, Takuma has been focused on developing a step grate stoker
furnace sewage sludge power generation system and commercializing technologies that use waste heat from the incineration process togenerate electricity.
Going forward, we will continue to help conserve the aquatic environment by supplying products that meet the needs of our times.

■ Water Treatment Plants●

Incoming
water path

Advanced treatment
facilities

Reaction tank facilities【Principal equipment】

Incoming
water pipe
Catchment
troughPurification air
Filteredwater

Secondary wash

Sand filter

Crude sludge

Filter layer

Excess sludge●

Aerobic tank

Filterbed
surface

The sand returns to the filter layer surface
and slowly falls while capturing SSs.

Air-lift pumpSludge incinerator 【Principal equipment】・Step grate stoker furnace sewage sludge power generation system(step grate stoker furnace and innovative step grate stoker furnace)

Drawn-off sludge

Because it contains a large amount of energy, sludge generated during the sewage treatment process has been attracting attention in recent
years as a biomass resource. We are taking advantage of our core incineration and boiler technologies to make effective use of the energy
contained in sludge by using it as a fuel to generate electricity. Following the systemʼs selection for inclusion in the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourismʼs Breakthrough by Dynamic Approach in Sewage High Technology Project (B-DASH) in FY2013, we havereceived orders for the system from the cities of Tokyo and Sapporo.

Incinerator
Digester tanks

Air-liftpump

Sludge treatment

Steam generator
is used to dry dehydrated sludge.

Sludge treatment facility

Sludge incinerator

Boiler watersupply system

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Exhaust gas

Sludge treatment facility 【Principal equipment】・Rotating drum-type concentrator

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Cleaning nozzle
Drum screen

is used to generate electricity.
Process water

Process steam

Dryer

A rotating drum-type concentrator consists of adrum-shaped screen consisting of metal wedge wirethat separates and concentrates solid and liquidcomponents from coagulated sludge as the drum
rotates. Following solid-liquid separation, sludge istransported to the exit side of the system as it isconcentrated and pushed by spiral-shaped vanes on theinside of the rotating drum. Thanks to a simple design
whose operation hinges on a slowly rotating drum
screen, the system uses less power than its conventionalcounterparts, yielding high energy savings.

Steam produced by the boiler*

Steam
Dehydrated
sludgeGenerating equipment

Binary generator

Steam from a steam generator

Generator●

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Aeration panel

Sand is washed by counter-flowing filteredwater as it falls inside the sand washer.

Filter layer

DisinfectiontankAnoxic Aerobic
tank
tank

Sand is moved toward the top of the filter while
being vigorously stirred inside the air-lift pump.

Sandwasher

Discharge

Anaerobic Anoxic
tank
tank

Primary wash

Treated water

Purified
wastewater

Final settling pond

Initial settling pond

Filter sand washing cycle

Catchment troughSourcewater

・Aeration systems ・Low power agitator (Bio Blade Mix)

Pre-processing
equipment

have delivered more than 2,700 units in Japan. A design thatcombines filtration treatment with continuous backwashing of thefiltration sand ensures stable operation and exceptional
maintainability.
The product line includes high-speed models with double or triple
the filtration speed of the standard model as well as denitrifying anddephosphorizing variants that add functionality for eliminating
nitrogen and phosphorus to standard SS elimination functionality.

Measures undertaken to improve the quality of public water
sources and the need to reuse treated sewage are spurring demand
for more advanced water treatment. Upflow moving-bed filtration
systems (Uniflow Sand Filter), which eliminate suspended solids(SSs) from water, are used in a variety of fields, including in final
processing at sewage treatment plants and in pre-processing to
remove solids at water plants. This particular model is a long-selling
product featuring proven water purification technology of which we

Water treatment plant equipment flow
Sewage intake

Advanced treatment facility 【Principal equipment】・Upflow moving-bed filtration (Uniflow Sand Filter)

Incoming
sludgeHeat produced by incinerating sludge

Waste heat boiler

is recovered and used to produce steam.

Dust collector

Process
water (*)

Combustion air

Concentrated
sludgeDehydrated
liquidCombustion air fan
N2O, a gas whose greenhouseeffect is 298 times more
pronounced than that of CO2, isbroken down by high-temperature
combustion at 900 C to 1,100 C.

Step grate stoker furnace

Ash bunker

Flue gas
treatment stack

Dust is removed from
Combustion

Photograph taken
inside the furnace

exhaust gas.

Induction fan

After exhaust gas is cooled with water mist, toxic
substances such as sulfur oxide are removed,
and the gas is released into the atmosphere.

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Main Recent Projects■ Water Treatment Plant BusinessTakasu Sewage Treatment Plant

The following are the main plants supplied by Takuma during FY2018.

Project nameUrado Bay Eastern Basin Takasu Sewage Treatment Plant
Sludge Treatment System Construction Part 12■ Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Plant Business● New construction

Capacity
Type: Pressurized screw press dehydrator
Treatment capacity: 225 kg-DS per hour
Location
Kochi Prefecture

Matsubara Preprocessing Plant
Project name
FY2017 Matsubara Preprocessing Plant Automatic Coarse Dust Eliminator
Renovation Project
Capacity
Type: Intermittent front-surface mixing-type screen
Speciﬁcations: 3,500 (W) 1,100 (D) mm
Project name
FY2018 Matsubara Preprocessing Plant No. 2 Concentration Tank
Sludge Scraper Update Project

Environmental Forest Center, Kizugawa
Project name
Clean Center Facility
Maintenance Project

Capacity
Incineration facility:
94 tons per day (47 tons per 24 hours 2 units)
Power output: 1,220 kW

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Capacity
Type: Sludge scraper (center-drive vertical type)Speciﬁcations: ∅17.9 m 1 unit
Location
Kyoto Prefecture

Location
Hyogo Prefecture● Primary equipment improvements

Kasai Water Reclamation Center
Project name
Kasai Water Reclamation Center Sludge Concentration Tank No. 1
Machinery and Equipment Improvement Project
Capacity
Type: Sludge scraper (center-drive post type)Speciﬁcations: ∅28 m 1 unit
Location
Tokyo Prefecture

Kumagaya Sanitation Center No. 1 Plant

The Inariyama Environmental Center

Project name
Kumagaya Sanitation Center No. 1 Plant
Primary Equipment Improvement Project

Project namePrimary Equipment Improvement Project,
The Inariyama Environmental Center, Sayama City

Capacity
Incineration facility:
140 tons per day (70 tons per 24 hours 2 units)

Capacity
Incineration facility:
165 tons per day (55 tons per 24 hours
Power output: 264 kW

Location
Saitama Prefecture

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Location
Saitama Prefecture

3 units)

Iizaka Clean Site
Project nameIizaka Clean Site Phase 2 Final Treatment Plant Seepage Water Treatment
Plant Construction Project (No. 2 Area)
Capacity
Type: Contact oxidation-type nitriﬁcation denitriﬁcation system
Speciﬁcations: 110 m3 per day
Type: Centrifugal dehydrator
Speciﬁcations: 515 kg-DS per hour
Location
Fukushima Prefecture

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2.Energy Plant Business(Related SDGs)

Weʼre helping realize a sustainable society while working to resolve customersʼ issues as well as social problems
through our business activities.

Preserving the environment in the form

Promoting renewable energyWeʼre helping promote renewable energy bysupplying biomass power plants.

Weʼre helping preserve the global environment by
supplying plants that utilize appropriate technologies
and systems to protect the environment.

Making effective use ofunutilized resourcesWeʼre helping realize a recycling-based society bysupplying plants that can efficiently burn fuels and waste
products that have gone underutilized in the past.

Reducing CO2 emissions
Weʼre helping realize a low-carbon society bysupplying high-efficiency power plants.
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Contributing to local communities andthe renewable energy industry
with plants of the highest possible level of qualityof water, air, and mountain forests

Mitsuaki Adachi Executive Manager, Energy Plant Division
Managing Executive Officer

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Meeting growing demand witha sure track record

Biomass power as a solution forsocial problems

Our Energy Plant Business traces its roots back to thefounding of Takuma in 1938 by Tsunekichi Takuma, whodeveloped Japanʼs first high-performance boiler. Since thattime, weʼve enhanced technologies for using a variety offuels including biomass and solid waste and delivered
numerous boilers to customers (more than 600 in Japan andoverseas; a total of more than 3,220 boilers including units
that burn oil, gas, and wood).
Demand for wood-fueled biomass power plants has been
growing since Japanʼs introduction of a feed-in tariff (FIT)
program for renewable energy in 2012, and we havedelivered such facilities to many customers that havepraised our long-running track record. I am grateful for thisachievement and recognize that it is the result of our
stakeholdersʼ support. We take pride in marshalling all of
our capabilities to fill orders by supplying plants of thehighest possible level of quality.

We recently received our first O&M order for a biomass
power plant that will be delivered to a private-sector
company. Going forward, we will strive to ensure we cancontribute to customersʼ businesses in a comprehensive way
by offering a range of proposals, including for O&M projects.
Under the FIT program, biomass power is treated as asource of power that strives to facilitate medium- andlong-term autonomy while coexisting with local
communities, and it is a business that can contributedirectly to the resolution of social issues in the form of
unused lumber left on mountains and local employment.
Consequently, we look forward to helping facilitate thesustainable development of local communities and of therenewable energy industry by making a broad contribution
to customer businesses based on technologies andcomprehensive capabilities developed over many years,
even as we keep tabs on factors such as discussions of an
expected future review of the FIT program.

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１．Plant engineering

２．After-sales service

We supply plants that can burn a variety of fuels
and waste products in a stable manner overextended periods of time based on our extensive
track record of deliveries.

We offer service designed to ensure that plants canoperate in a stable manner over the long term
based on our advanced technologies and extensive
experience.

Biomass power plants

MaintenanceWe supply power plants that can utilize a variety ofbiomass fuels to operate in a stable manner overextended periods of time, including unused lumber,lumber waste, construction waste, PKS, pellets,
livestock waste, bagasse, and papermaking sludge.

We offer proposals for, and carry out, plans forperiodic inspections and maintenance, functional
improvements, and preventive maintenance inorder to maintain high plant performance andprevent unplanned stoppages.

Facilities that incinerate industrial waste to
generate power

O&M

We supply facilities that can recover heat in a highly
efficient manner, including by using it to generate
electricity, after burning even difficult-to-treat waste
products in an appropriate manner.

We accept orders for operation, maintenance, andmanagement over 20-year terms to reduce
workload and life cycle costs so that customers
can maximize the profitability of their businesses.

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The following are the main plants supplied by Takuma during FY2018.

■ Energy plants
KOBE BUSSAN CO., LTD.

Daisen Biomass Power Generation Co., Ltd.

Project name
Biomass Power Plant Construction Project

Project name
Biomass Power Plant Construction Project

Capacity
Fuel: Wood fuelSteam conditions (normal operation):
28 tons per hour 5.98 MPaG 425 C
Power output: 6,250 kW

Capacity
Fuel: Wood fuelSteam conditions (normal operation):
28 tons per hour 5.98 MPaG 480 C
Power output: 7,050 kW

Location
Hokkaido Prefecture

Location
Akita Prefecture

Chugoku Mokuzai Co., Ltd., Hyuga factory

Project nameArao No. 2 Biomass Power Plant
New Construction Project

Project name
Chugoku Mokuzai Wood-fueled Boiler (No. 2)
Construction Project

Capacity
Fuel: Wood fuelSteam conditions (normal operation):29.2 tons per hour 6.0 MPaG 425 C
Power output: 6,250 kW

Capacity
Fuel: Wood fuelSteam conditions (normal operation):
24 tons per hour 1.3 MPaG 195 C
LocationMiyazaki Prefecture

Location
Kumamoto Prefecture

Mogami Biomass Power Co., Ltd.

SARA Inc.

Project name
Mogami Wood Biomass Power Plant
Generating System Construction Project

Project name
SARA Power Plant Construction Project

Capacity
Fuel: Wood fuelSteam conditions (normal operation):
28 tons per hour 5.98 MPaG 465 C
Power output: 6,800 kW
Location
Yamagata Prefecture

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Ariake Co., Ltd., No. 2 Power Plant

Capacity
Fuel: Wood fuel, PKS
Steam conditions (normal operation):
50 tons per hour 6.0 MPa 425 C
Power output: 10,000 kW
Location
Okayama Prefecture

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3.Overseas Business(Related SDGs)

Overseas boiler plant business
The sugar business has been booming in Thailand, where Takuma has a local subsidiary. We have supported the industry formany years and have an extensive track record of supplying boilers that burn bagasse (ﬁber remaining after sugarcane is crushed)since our ﬁrst delivery in 1959.
Going forward, we will continue to tap sure technology and ﬁne-grained service based on our experience to date to help realize
the biomass-derived, Earth-friendly supply of power in not only Thailand, but also in Indonesia, Vietnam, and other Southeast
Asian countries.
*For more information on facilities delivered during FY2018, please see Feature 02, “Biomass Power Plant Construction
Project in Thailand,” on page 21.

Overseas waste treatment plant businessTakashi Manabe

Managing Executive Officer
Executive Manager, International Division

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Assessing changes in global trends in the overseas market
to ensure we can continue to contribute to
the development of industry in countries worldwide

As emerging nations develop, they experience population growth and urbanization, causing waste-related issues to manifest
themselves. Their environmental regulations and legal systems are also in a state of development, and inadequacies in
information about waste and technologies for treating it mean these countries have high expectations for Energy from Waste
technologies. We pursue sales activities, for example by studying information such as local systems and waste composition, sothat we can meet those expectations by delivering waste treatment plants that satisfy customers.
As one example, during FY2018 we conducted a viability study of a project in the Indian state of Telangana by taking advantage
of a Ministry of the Environment program. The results of the study, which we carried out
along with local governments in Japan as part of a government-industry partnership andwith the cooperation of local stakeholders in India, were reported jointly to the local
government. By making effective use of a cooperative framework that brought together
the Japanese and Indian governments, we were able to build a good relationship with thelocal government while discovering important information about local needs.
Takuma will continue to work to realize solutions to environmental problems bydelivering waste treatment plants.
Waste composition
study in Telangana

Main Recent Project (Waste treatment plant)This section introduces one of the main projects that Takuma has delivered to date.

Resolving issues by accommodating
a diversifying array of needs
The International Division is responsible for sales ofboiler plants and waste treatment plants in overseas
markets. We take pride in the fact that promoting thosebusinesses, which reduce greenhouse gases by making
effective use of non-fossil fuels while contributing to theresolution of environmental issues through the appropriate
treatment of waste, will help achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) that Takuma is pursuing.
Weʼve already delivered close to 400 biomass boilers tooverseas customers. Nowhere is the viability of this businessmore apparent than in Thailand, where Takuma has a local
subsidiary and where we have been supporting the sugar
industry as well as other sectors of the economy for over 60
years. In the past, biomass boilers were used to provide heatand power for equipment at industrial plants, but today
their role is diversifying as a recent global trend toward
converting to renewable energy drives expectations thatthey will function as true power plants by taking on some
responsibility for ensuring societyʼs supply of electricity.

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overseas. In recent years, the appropriate treatment of waste
has become a particularly urgent issue in developing nations.
While environmental awareness, governmental programs,
budgets, and other considerations vary from country tocountry, weʼre making preparations to ensure success in a
careful and steady manner based on these and related
developments, for example by formulating optimal schemes
by which to pursue potential orders and develop projects.

Bringing necessary, valuable products tothe international community
There is no doubt that plants that generate electricity
using Takumaʼs core technologies to burn biomass andwaste are earning recognition as both necessary andvaluable in a society thatʼs working to achieve the SDGs in aconcerted manner. Although the business environment willremain intensely competitive, we will continue to contributeto the international community by developing latentcustomer demand in a ﬁne-grained manner and supplying
solutions that meet those needs.

Lutsao Refuse Incineration Plant
Capacity
Incineration facility:
900 tons per day (450 tons per day
Power output: 28,000 kW

2 units)

Location
Chiayi, Taiwan

Message
Naoya Akasaki
Sales Section 2, International Department
International Division

Waste issue offers challenges to all countries, but speciﬁc needs and conditions vary from country tocountry. In Asia, there has been a trend away from waste disposal, which has centered on landﬁll until
now, and we believe that this constitutes a ﬁeld in which Takumaʼs Energy from Waste technologies
and experience can make a contribution. Continuous, stable operation is key to facilities that treat
waste such as Energy from Waste plants, for example, as one type of local and environmental
infrastructure. To that end, we will continue to work to ensure we can help resolve challenges in thisﬁeld while deepening our understanding and pursuing cooperation with an array of local entities,
companies, and other stakeholders from the “glocal” (think globally, act locally) perspective.

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