Kitakyushu City’s Challenge toward

a Low-carbon Society–– Kitakyushu Smart Community Creation Project ––

Wakamatsu-ku

Kitakyushu

CityGeneral energy frontier zone

Kitakyushu Next-generation Energy Park

Wind power generation

Photovoltaic power generation

Eco-town agreement concluded with Dalian City

Coal gas Oil storage station Biomass

Promotion of recycling and 3R

Eco-town project

A recycling community will be constructed where all sorts of waste will be used as raw materials for other industrial fields to eliminate waste (zero emissions).

Demonstration of the next-generation energy/social system

Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

Kitakyushu Hibikinada Area is promoting

three elements—low carbon, recycling, and

nature coexistence—in a balanced manner.

Efforts by the whole city

1. Kitakyushu City’s Efforts toward a Low-carbon Society

Japan’s largest biotope inhabited by wildlife, including wild birds, will be developed by improving and foresting a waste disposal site as a “green station.”

Environmental Model City Action Plan(developed in March 2009)

135 measures and projects376 registered organizations

Research institutes: 16Industrial facilities: 26Total investment: 60 billion yenJobs created: 1,300 employeesNumber of visitors: 800,000 in total

Kitakyushu Eco-town Power-receiving Association (established based on the Cooperative Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Act)

A community in harmony with nature that preserves and fosters the environment

A green corridor where birds tweet

Recycling plants

Power supplyApprox. 3,500 kW

Residue treatment

Complex core facility (direct melting furnace)

■ Treatment capacity: 320 t/day■ Power output: 14,000 kW(including approximately 4,500 kW consumed for internal use)

Intercity diplomacy with various cities in Asia

International environmental cooperation

Water system cooperation (Cambodia)

Takakura kitchen waste composting system (Indonesia)

Mr. Xi Jinping, China’s vice president, inspected Kitakyushu City (December 2009)

Development of the Kitakyushu Asian Center for a Low-carbon Society (provisional name) concept

Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon SocietyEstablishment of the

Industrialization Promotion Strategy Study Group

Inauguration of the Asia Low-carbon Society

Promotion Committee

Establishment of the Asian Organization for Promoting

Environmental and Urban City Development

Construction of a financial support

system

Industrialization Strategy Coordinator

Center Director

Technology Transfer Manager(dispatched from universities, research institutions, etc.)

K-RIP

KICS

KITA IGES

Bureau

International Environmental Cooperation Department, Environment

Bureau, Kitakyushu City

Seamless operationLinkage

Linkage and cooperation

Universities, research institutions

Government agencies

Civic, volunteer, and regional organizations, NPOs, etc.

Related municipal organizations, etc.

Create city bustle with ecological activitiesMurasaki River Eco-river Concept (urban district model)

Sunlight arcade and roof Ecological human traffic line formation will be promoted.

Positive introduction of next-generation vehicles

Diffusion and promotion of energy-saving buildings

Promote next-generation urban planning, including installation of photovoltaic power generation and promotion of rooftop greening on bridges and arcades in the Kokura city center

Jono areaaiming at a zero-carbon society(advanced low-carbon model block)

Eco-style town One million trees planted

Promotion of rooftop and wall greening

Environmental passport

Dissemination of community cycle

Development of the Environmental Model City Region Steering Committee/Green Frontier Plan

Natural gas

Tobata-ku Moji-ku

Kokurakita-ku

Kokuraminami-ku

Yahatahigashi-ku

Yahatanishi-ku

Various energy-related facilities that lead the next generation are

clustered here, such as intensive use of solar, wind, and coal power.

End of January 2010

The national government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry solicited

municipalities to implement the Demonstration of a Next-generation Energy and

Social System, which is a scheme to realize construction and overseas expansion

of the Japanese version of a smart grid, positioned as the government’s new

growth strategy.

Kitakyushu City applied to be an implementing body of the Kitakyushu Smart

Community Project; 20 municipalities applied for it from all over Japan.

2. History of Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

April 8, 2010

Kitakyushu City was selected as one of four

municipalities in Japan, along with Yokohama City,

Toyota City, and Keihanna Science City in Kyoto

Prefecture.

August 11, 2010

The master plan for this project was developed and

submitted to the Minister of Economy, Trade, and

Industry.

August 20, 2010

The general meeting of the Kitakyushu Smart

Community Council was held, and the project

started in full scale.

1. Summary of activities

This project implements various demonstrations, including communications,

urban planning, a transportation system, and lifestyle, with emphasis on

demonstration of energy projects such as electric power.

2. Implementation body

Kitakyushu Smart Community Council

46 companies and organizations, including Kitakyushu City, Nippon Steel

Corp., IBM Japan, and Fuji Electric Systems Co. Ltd.

3. Implementation district

Higashida district,

Yahata-Higashi ward

(approximately 120 ha)

4. Implementation period

Five years from fiscal 2010

to 2014

5. Scale of operation

38 projects worth 16.3 billion yen

(estimated amount for 5 years)

3. Summary of Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

4. Summary of the Yahata-Higashida demonstration district

The birthplace of modern industry in Japan, where the government-

controlled Yahata Seitetsu-jyo started operations in 1901

After land readjustment, environmental urban planning has been

promoted in a harmonious public-private collaboration under the

keywords “Environmentally Growing Town” and “Creation of a

Shared Community.”

With numerous environmental measures under way at present,

including natural gas cogeneration, a housing complex coexisting

with the environment, and car sharing, this block has reduced CO2

emissions from the level of standard blocks.

Yahata-Higashida District Collaborative Environment-

friendly Urban PlanningNext-generation urban planning will be promoted with both

advanced urban infrastructure and environmental harmony

enabled by redeveloping an immense former factory site.

Local Consumption of Locally Produced Energy

Main office and factories of Yahata Seitetsu-jyo in 1912

5. Collaborative environmental urban planning in Yahata-Higashida district

Higashida blast furnace No. 1 under construction (1900)

Local Consumption of Locally Produced EnergyCollaborative supply of electric power to towns and steam to factoriesHigashida cogeneration (33,000 kW)Low-carbon power generation with clean natural gas fuel. Supplies electricity generated by cogeneration as core energy for the district.

Hydrogen supply generated from the factory as a fuel

Kitakyushu Hydrogen Station

A next-generation energy station that supplies hydrogen secondarily produced in steel plants to hydrogen vehicles as fuel. The Kitakyushu hydrogen town project is also in to the process of effectively using hydrogen in the entire district.

Active introduction of photovoltaic power generationEnvironmentally friendly housing—Livio Higashida Ville Courte (approximately 170 kW)Museum of Natural History and Human History (approximately 160 kW)achieved CO2 reduction by more than 30% compared with typical housing complexes by such measures as the use of natural energy as well as improved insulation and airtightness.

A Whole Town Functioning as

an Environmental Stage

Urban planning starring citizensLocal community linked by the environmentActive environmental activities are expanded by organizing the Higashida Urban Planning Council with companies located within the district along with regional inhabitants.

Confidently conducted trash collection with official approval of the president

Eco-driving seminar

Tree planting activities by citizens and others

Enjoyable learning space for everyone

Environment MuseumAn educational facility for environmental study well received by many citizens where people can learn about the history of Kitakyushu City’s control of environmental pollution and about the ecological life familiar to them. An environment-friendly model house for the 21st century—an eco-house—next to the museum proposes an energy-saving lifestyle.

Jointly operated public-private Higashida Eco-clubpromotes environment-friendly urban planning

The club was established as a base to promote the Yahata-Higashida Green Village Concept. The ecological building is operated by a nonprofit group as a community center and urban planning salon established and operated by the private sector.

Low carbon traffic system

Car Sharing/Bicycle Sharing

Under the keywords “from possession to sharing,” a nonprofit group promotes sharing of vehicles and bicycles to companies located in Higashida and residents of the environmentally friendly house.

High energy saving realized by green IT

Asian Frontier

It is one of the largest environment-friendly next-generation data centers in Japan. Its proprietary air-conditioning optimization technology enables optimum operation of high-integration servers and high energy-saving effects.

◇ Development of technologies and systems related

to a smart grid with an eye on international

standardization and expansion of international

business

◇ Presentation of new urban planning for a smart city

by developing various human-friendly social

systems compatible with next-generation traffic

systems and an aging society

6. Significance of Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

7. Characteristics of Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

Challenge to community-wide creation of a clever

energy society appropriate for future societies by

citizens together with the city and companies

(1) The Regional Energy-saving Station system, which has the function of

enabling full use of energy in the community as well as the

introduction and efficient use of new energy, will be introduced for the

first time in Japan.

(2) Regional sources of energy such as hydrogen and waste heat

generated from factories will be introduced to towns.

(3) A system will be constructed to encourage positive participation of

citizens and regional entities to participate in energy management.

(4) A mobility system appropriate for the next-generation society will be

constructed.

8. Functions of the Regional Energy-saving Station

Energy consumption will be minimized and leveled within blocks,

and impact on the trunk transmission system will be reduced.

○ Sharing regional energy and new energy by blocks

⇒ Efficient use of regional energy, new energy

⇒ Enabling both individual optimum energy management for each

company or household and general optimum energy management

for the entire block

○ Disclosure and instructions of energy information

⇒ Realization of participation of users in energy management

⇒ Realization of energy sharing within communities

○ Introduction of incentives for citizen participation

⇒ Realization of dynamic pricing based on deliberate assessment of

the operational status of new energy, etc.

⇒ Visualization of the achievements of and degree of contribution to

citizens’ own energy-saving efforts

地域節電所情報上下水道情報

CO2排出量情報

ﾃﾞｰﾀｾﾝﾀｰ情報

交通関連情報

上下水道情報

CO2排出量情報

General dashboard

ﾃﾞｰﾀｾﾝﾀｰ情報

交通関連情報

9. Regional Energy Management System (Regional Energy-saving Station)

副生水素

Regional Energy-saving Station

Core electric power

Image of the dashboard

レンタサイクルステーション

次世代SS

天然ガスコジェネ

風力 太陽光

ﾊﾞｲﾅﾘー発電

新ｴﾈﾙｷﾞｰ等 発電

高齢者専用賃貸

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ｴﾈﾙｷﾞｰﾏﾈｼﾞﾒﾝﾄｼｽﾃﾑ

スマートスクール

スマートオフィス

スマートハウス スマートビル

スマートデータセンター

スマートマンション

Information

ｲﾝﾌﾗ管理暮らし情報

スマートコミュニティセンター ダッシュボード

ｾｷｭﾘﾃｨ

上下水道

交通 街灯

河川 ｶﾞｽ

New energy power generation

Cooperative energy supply

Smart consumption

Livelihood support

Energy management system

Infrastructure linkage

Infrastructure

management

Livelihood

information

Smart Community Center Dashboard

上下水道

交通 街灯

河川 ｶﾞｽ

Image of a smart meter

Weather forecast for today

Present electric rate (unit rate)

Maximum temperature forecast for the region

Present energy consumption level

Points awarded by energy saving

Signal strength

高い

Very

high

High

Low Unit e

lectr

icity r

ate

Minimization of energy use in the entire community and mutual complement with the large-scale

network will be realized under the concept and system of the Regional Energy-saving Station

Information Information

Wind power Solar power

Natural gas cogeneration

Binary power generation

Storage battery

Power grid

Hydrogen pipeline

Smart housing complex Smart office

Smart house Smart building

Smart data center Smart school

Rental units exclusively for the elderly

On-demand busSecurity

Bicycle rental station

Next-generation service station

Water and sewerage

Traffic

Street lights

Rivers

Gas

Information about the Regional Energy-saving Station

Information about water and sewerage

Information about CO2 emissions

Information about the data center

Traffic information

○ Ensuring integration and security of energy information within blocks

○ Developing of a smart meter with an eye on energy sharing and user actions

○ Designing smart houses, etc. predicated on energy sharing

○ Establishing general and individual optimum indexes for energy use

○ Establishing a unified index for visualization within blocks

○ Introducing DC system technology

○ Energy management system operating structure in blocks

○ Designing regional rules for user participation

○ Cloud IT for energy management

○ Service level improvement, addition of new services that include GS, local

community regeneration, etc. appropriate for a next-generation traffic system,

an aging society predicated on the next-generation energy system

10. Important Points on Technologies and Systems to Be Demonstrated in the Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

Introduction of energy-saving system with all block functions

Infrastructure will be developed to enable photovoltaic power generation of 1,000 kW within the community

Town Mega Solar

Blocks using 10% new energy

Development of incentives to promote action by citizens

Carbon offset/Eco Point System

Visualization system

Construction of regional energy management

Realization of an energy community participated in by regional blocks

メガソーラー整備及び連結

【Roles and Form】・ New energy will be systematically

introduced into urban design

・ Civilian use of factory energy

Introduction of bioelectric management systems and home

energy management systems compatible with the demand

20 smart houses, 4 smart stores, 4 smart schools,

1 next-generation service station, 1 smart hospital, etc.

【Roles and Form】

5 smart offices

・ Enabling both efficient energy use at individual facilities and energy use by the whole community

・ Standardization of smart meters beyond the differences among factories, buildings, etc.

【Roles and Form】

Regional society planning for a next-generation traffic system

【Roles and Form】

Society capable of full use of energy CO2 reduction by 50%

Photovoltaic power generation

Small-scale wind power generation

Battery chargers for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids

Intensive greening area

11. Composition of Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

Kitakyushu Hydrogen TownHydrogen supply using the hydrogen byproduct pipeline (used for fuel cells, etc.)

Binary power generationDemonstration project for binary power generation using low-temperature waste heat emitted from a factory

Odorization room

Kitakyushu Hydrogen Station

Museum of Natural History

and Human History

(NAFUKO)

One unit of 1 kW fuel cell

Forklift filling station

(Eco-clubhouse)One unit of 1 kWfuel cell

3 units of 1 kW fuel cell

3 units of 100 kW fuel cell

(Museum of Natural History

and Human History)

(Eco-house)

Environment Museum

Housing development

(approximately 15 units)

Higashida Eco-clubhouse

Hydrogen Station

ElectricityHot water

Fuel cell body Hot-water cylinder

Yahata-Higashi

Branch, NAFUKO

Turbine/ generator

Electric control room

Medium measuring tank

Power plant office

Air-cooled condenser

Air compressor system

Preheater

Evaporator

1 smart data center 10 smart factories

Total mobility management system・ A total mobility management system will be constructed that enables

linkage with public transportation systems and community buses as well as the introduction of a large number of electric vehicles, promotion of the use of bicycles, and the use of small fuel-cell vehicles.

General energy station Bicycle rental station On-demand transportation system

Community bus

・ Development of

the next-

generation

mobility station

・ A traffic system

that considers

aged people, such

as on-demand

community buses

linked with

hospitals

The Regional Energy-saving StationThe Regional Energy-saving Station will be constructed with the following functions as the foundation for managing regional energy:・ Optimum energy distribution in accordance with power-

generating status・ Rationalization of control from the demand side for

optimization of the demand in the entire community・ Visualization of energy and CO2

・ Granting incentives to motivate consumers

Bicycle rental station

Smart building

Next-generation service station

Smart housing complex

IT network

Photovoltaic power generation

Large storage battery

副生水素

Hyd

rog

en n

etw

ork

Natural gas cogeneration

スマートコミュニティセンター

Byproduct hydrogen

Smart community

center

Introduction of virtual wind power generation

15,000 kW wind power plants

Smart school

Data center

Introduction of smart meters to approximately 70 companies and 200 households

Introduction of a large number of smart meters

Support for environmental

activities by nonprofit groups

Citizen-operated

power plantCarbon offset• Energy saving by

citizens• Energy-saving

household electric appliances

• Elimination of shopping bags

• Eco-car• Photovoltaic power

generation, etc.

KitakyushuGreen Fund

Carbon footprint

Capital

Visuali-zation for citizens

Eco Point

Profits obtained

will be circulated

Environmental passport Advantages for

citizens

・ Maximum use of new energy in accordance with the demand within the community

・ Minimization of energy use in the entire community

・ Minimization of the impact of unstable new energy on core electric power

Power grid

12. Transmission of Results

Established with the objective of expanding the activities conducted by 13 environmental model cities to all of Japan and transmitting the information to the rest of the world. The project has 168 participating organizations, including municipalities all over Japan.

ＳＴＥＰ １ ＳＴＥＰ ２

●Demonstration at Yahata-

Higashida

ＳＴＥＰ ３

To all of Japan and to Asia

The know-how and results obtained by the Kitakyushu Smart Community will be formed into a business product

スマートグリッド

太陽光発電

ＬＥＤ

EＶ（電気自動車）

水素利用技術

パワーエレクトロニクス

グリーンＩＴ

ＩＴ

Smart grid

● Expansion to the Advanced Low-

carbon Model Block (Jono area)

● Expansion to the

entire municipal area

● Promotion Council of Low-carbon Cities

–– Leadership in low carbon urban planning

● Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low-carbon SocietyThe results produced in this demonstration project will be transferred chiefly to Asian regions on a business basis.

Transfer of low-carbon technology to Asia

Expanded in a package as a solution with high added value

IT

LED

Photovoltaic power generation

EV (electric vehicle)

Green IT

Power electronics

Hydrogen utilization technology

Chelyabinsk

HuhhotDalian

TianjinQingdao

ChongqingKunming

Hai Phong

State of GujaratPhnom Penh

Cebu

Ho Chi Minh

Surabaya

Semarang

Kitakyushu Asian

Center for Low-

carbon Society

Kitakyushu Smart Community

・ Smart grid technology and systems business linked with urban planning

・ Regional energy management business including Regional Energy-saving Station

・ Energy-axis new construction business with a different concept from the conventional approach

・ Energy-axis eco-design business for offices, etc.

・ Town community business for eco-points and similar systems to be implemented by new public entities such as nonprofit groups

・ Green public projects appropriate for low-carbon society

・ Town information business in blocks that provides energy, safety, peace of mind, and so on

・ Green design and consulting business that evaluates, analyzes, and plans environmental performance of towns

・ Next-generation environmental business born from exchanges among different fields such as raw materials, processing, products, and services

・ A new environmental technology research base that creates an Asian standard

・ Environmental business trading firm that connects business transfer to Asian regions

・ Asia environmental exchange business with Asian cities through eco-tour exchanges, environmental trade fairs, etc.

13. Creation of a New Business Model by the Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

* In the order of the Japanese syllabary,

titles omitted

● 46 companies and organizations participate in planning at present

14. Members of the Kitakyushu Smart Community Council

IDC Frontier Inc. Sharp CorporationNIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION

iTest Co., Ltd. NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. NITTETSU ELEX Co., Ltd

Iwatani Corporation NS Solutions Corporation NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

UCHIDA YOKO CO., LTD. Nippon Steel City Produce, Inc. IBM Japan, Ltd.

Area Service Co., Ltd. Nippon Steel CorporationJapan Telecom Information Service Co., Ltd.

OMRON Corporation ZENRIN CO., LTD. FUJI Corporation

Environmental Technology Service Co., Ltd.

SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.

Kitakyushu National College of Technology

SOFTBANK BB Corp. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology

NPO., Town Mobile Network Kitakyushu The Furukawa Battery CO., LTD.

City of Kitakyushu Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

University of Kitakyushu Toshiba CorporationYASKAWA INFORMATION SYSTEMS Corporation

Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation YASKAWA Electric Corporation

Human Media Creation Center/KYUSHU

TOTO Ltd. Waseda University

NPO SATOYAMA Toyota Motor Corporation Yoshikawa Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd.

SANKI Co.,Ltd. Nano-Optonics Energy, Inc.

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation West-Japan Auto Recycle Co.,Ltd (WARC)

Overall composition of the Kitakyushu Smart Community Project

Project 9:

HEMS

Project 11:

Smart meter

Information home

appliance

Electric power conversion

system capable of DC power supply

Town

mega-

solar

Smart house

Electric vehicle

charging facility

Fixed storage battery

Smart office, smart store, smart school, smart hospital, smart museum, data center, etc.

Smart streetlight

Smart factory*The EMS of a factory is

expressed as FEMS.

Control

Layer 1

Regulation

Layer 4

Manage-ment

Layer 2

Operation

Layer 3

Device

Layer 0 Con

trol

of d

evic

esS

yste

m lin

kage

• Amount of power generated

• Electric energy consumption

• Storage batteryAmount of charge and discharge

Project 19:Community energy management system (CEMS)・Dynamic pricing・Reciprocal provision of energy

Linked information (instruction system)C

ity C

omm

and

Cen

ter

App

licat

ion

Linked information (recording system)

• Instructs on energy saving

• Storage battery• Instructs on charge

and discharge

Energy Management and Network

Project 20: Smart system・ Integrates urban information such as energy, traffic, urban infrastructure including waterworks,

and safe and secure systems

Project 29: Electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid vehicle billing system

Project 31: General eco-driving support systemProject 33: On-demand bus operation systemProject 34: Next-generation vehicle operation

systemProject 35: Rental bicycle smart IT system

Yawata Works,

Nippon Steel Corporation

220 kV

G

33MWLiquid natural gas power generationHigashida cogeneration

6.6 kV

To consumers • Electric power quality information

• Measured data

• Constant operation• Scheduled operation

BDF

Project 24: Elementary school/junior high school monitoring system

Project 25: Development of environmental study contents

Project 26: Environmental study system

Project 21: Securing of the network and security

Project 23: Eco-points/carbon offsetProject 27: Visualization of energy

consumption

Mobility Network• Energy consumption level• Use history

Local Community

Electric power

conversion system control

Town megasolar electricity

generation control

Electric vehicle

charging facility control

Information home

appliance control

Project 9:

BEMSProject 11:

Smart meter• Amount of power generated• Electric energy consumption• Amount of hydrogen consumed• Storage battery

charge/discharge amount

Project 9:

FEMS *

Project 11:

Smart meter

Project 9:

EMS• Instructs on energy

saving• Storage battery• Instructs on charge and

discharge

• Amount of power generated

• Electric energy consumption

• Storage batteryAmount of charge and discharge

• Instructs on energy saving

• Storage battery• Instructs on charge

and discharge

• Electric energy consumption

Project 1

Electric power conversion

system control

Electric vehicle

charging facility control

Solar electricity

generation control

Pure hydrogen

power generation

control

Binary power

generation control

Wind power generation

control

Information home

appliance control

Trans heat container

facility control

Solar heat utilization

LED lighting equipment

control

LED lighting

equipment

Solar electricity

generation

Pure hydrogen

power generation

Binary power

generation

Wind power

generation

Trans heat container

facility

Information home

appliance

Electric power conversion

system capable of DC power supply

Electric vehicle

charging facility

Town megasolar electricity

generation control

Trans heat container

facility control

Electric vehicle

charging facility control

Electric vehicle

charging facility

Trans heat container

facility

Town

mega-

solar

Fixed storage battery

Project 9 Project 9 Project 9/29

Project 19

Project 1 Project 9 Project 9 Project 9/29

Project 1/2 Project 3 Project 6 Project 4 Project 5 Project 9 Project 9/29Project 9

Project 7 Project 19Project 8

Project 5 Project 9 Project 9/29Project 9

Project 1 Project 5 Project 9/29

Project 1 Project 5 Project 9/29 Project 12

Conclusion

“The transformation of Yahata will

lead to Japan changing.

The change of Japan will lead to

the world changing.”