Chiba University of Commerce is working on the first attempt at a university in Japan as a "100% renewable energy university" that uses renewable energy to generate electricity equivalent to the amount of energy used on campus.

　千葉県野田市の大学所有地に、日本の大学単体では日本一大きいメガソーラー発電所を建設し、発電した電気を東京電力に売電する「太陽光発電事業」を2014年4月から開始。敷地約4万6,781㎡にパネル容量約2.88MW(11,642枚)のソーラーパネルが設置され、2018年2月度～2019年1月度の電力は、消費電力3,651,482kWh、創出3,691,568kWhで、自然エネルギー率101.0％となり、2018年度の環境目標を実現した。

　In addition, after announcing our environmental goals in 2017, we established a student group aiming to become a 100% renewable energy university together with the university.We are planning and implementing power saving patrols to check for forgetting to turn off the lights and air conditioning in unused classrooms, enlightening energy-saving behavior through summer water sprinkling events, and reducing energy consumption by installing green curtains.The result of these environmental efforts is highly evaluated as "the same amount of electricity used and the amount of renewable energy generated" in the global initiative "100% renewable energy platform" advocating the realization of 100% renewable energy. Obtained.

　Going forward, by creating energy and saving energy, we aim to become a "2020% renewable energy university" for all energies including gas, which is the goal for fiscal 100. Experiments will also start.In addition, instead of relying on large-scale centralized power generation that was keenly felt in the Great East Japan Earthquake, the need to "create energy for ourselves" through small-scale distributed power generation will also work on neighboring educational institutions.

* The renewable energy rate is the value obtained by dividing the amount of energy created by the amount of energy consumed (rounded down to the second decimal place).

Reference: [Chiba University of Commerce] To Japan's first 100% renewable energy university