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vessel top head for the world’s  rst AP1000® at the Sanmen
Nuclear Power Station in Zhejiang Province, China.
Full-scale construction is underway with the
completion of the first concrete pouring at the Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant and the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear
Station in the US. In January 2013, we acquired Shaw Group's
20% stake in WEC, increasing our portion to 87%. In terms of
new proposals, our submissions are currently being
evaluated for projects in Finland and the Czech Republic
and we are promoting negotiations for o cial orders.
In the thermal power business, recent major orders for
steam turbine and generators for coal- red thermal power
plants overseas include the Thai Binh 2 Coal Thermal Power
Plant in Vietnam, the Meja Thermal Power Plant
(supercritical) in India, and the Talin Thermal Power Plant
(ultra-supercritical) in Taiwan. Supercritical coal- red power
Deploying the Smart Community Business
Toshiba Group is working to solve global energy and environmental problems and to realize a sustainable society. We are promoting
our smart community concept through “total energy innovation” that realizes a highly e cient and stable energy infrastructure, and
“total storage innovation” that allows us to securely handle enormous quantities of information. We have participated in some 35
demonstration and commercial projects around the world, and we will continue to expand the business with local- t solutions that
answer pressing regional issues.
In FY2012, Japan and the US started a smart grid demonstration project to manage power usage in the state of New Mexico. The
project seeks to optimize power storage, generation and demand response (power consumption
adjustment by consumers) through the introduction of renewable energy sources. In Japan, the
Yokohama smart grid project, a comprehensive, large-scale energy management demonstration
project, is being carried out in large o ces, commercial buildings, homes and electric vehicles.
In March 2013 we completed construction of our new Smart Community Center in
Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture. The center utilizes our cutting-edge technologies to maximize
energy e ciency and to ensure business continuity even in the event of a major disaster. By the
end of FY2013 it will be home to some 7,800 group company employees working in the Smart
Community business. While providing a central base for accelerating global development of the
business, the center will also contribute to development of the Smart Community business area
that Kawasaki city government is promoting near Kawasaki Station.
Smart Community Center
We support realization of stable energy supply with a range
of high-efficiency power generation solutions: nuclear
power, thermal power and hydroelectric power generation
systems; renewable energy systems such as wind and
geothermal power; and fuel cells.
In FY2012 thermal and hydro power business
performed strongly in Japan and overseas, and the nuclear
power business continued to increase sales overseas.
However, while thermal power business generated pro t,
reduced sales in the Japanese nuclear power business
caused operating income to fall.
In the Japanese nuclear power business, we are
committed to ensuring stability and safety at the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. We have
countered water contamination with multi-nuclide removal
equipment that can reduce concentrations of radioactive
materials (including strontium) to levels below those that
must be reported*1, and developed a quadruped, remote-
control robot for research and restoration work in areas
inaccessible to personnel. As for overseas new build
projects, total eight units of AP1000®, an advanced reactor
developed by Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), are
under construction in China and the US. In February 2013,
WEC successfully completed the setting of the containment
Sanmen Nuclear Power Station in Zhejiang Province, China
Power Systems Company
* As of May 2013
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