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Social Infrastructure Systems Company
Social Infrastructure Systems Company businesses include
power systems, such as transmission and distribution
systems (T&D) and solar photovoltaic power generation
systems; rechargeable batteries; traffic control systems;
industrial motors and inverters; social infrastructure
systems for buildings, airports, roads and river facilities;
and essential infrastructure systems for waterworks,
sewage and waste treatment, the environment, broadcast
and transmission networks, radio systems, and security and
automation.
In FY2012 the industrial and residential solar power
generation business and the transmission and distribution
systems (T&D) business, which includes Landis+Gyr AG and
smart grids, maintained good performances, resulting in
increased net sales and higher operating income.
In the T&D business we accelerated global
development. In September 2012 we received an order
from Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water for gas-
insulated switchgear and transformer equipment and its
installation, and in December Toshiba T&D Europe won a
contract from Italian transmission company Terna S.p.A for
an HVDC system. In expanding the smart grid business
territory, in September 2012 we signed a memorandum of
understanding with France’s Alstom Grid Corp., and in
February 2013 we acquired US company Consert Inc.,
which develops demand response software. We can now
offer comprehensive proposals for advanced metering
infrastructure for power grid integrating remote data
management software and Landis+Gyr’s smart meters.
In solar power, the home system business in Japan
last year received more than 40,000 orders, taking our
market share from 7 to 11% (in-house research). In
*1: Insigni cant concentration levels, even in the event that a leak might spread outside
the facility
*2: A power generation method that combines a gas turbine and steam turbine
*3: General Electric Company, a US-based company
*4: The collaboration work on, “the development and experimental study project for
global warming countermeasure” with Kobe Steel, Ltd., and Keio University following
invitation of applications by Japan’s Ministry of Environment in May 2012.
Signing ceremony for DC power transmission system
generation systems offer high efficiency and reduced
environmental impacts, and these orders underline the high
evaluations our systems have won from customers. In Japan,
in September 2012, we won an order from Chubu Electric
Power Co., Inc. for a combined cycle power generation
system*2 for the Nishi Nagoya
Thermal Power Plant. This will
realize the world's highest gross
thermal e ciency of 62% (Lower
Heating Value). In January 2013
we signed a memorandum of
understanding on a strategic
alliance for cooperation in
selling combined cycle power
generation systems in the global
market with our long-standing partner, GE*3. In order to
strengthen global competitiveness and meet increased
demand for thermal power systems, we are constructing a
global engineering center at Keihin Operations.
In the renewable energy business, we signed a share
purchase agreement to bolster business with Unison Co.,
Ltd., a South Korean wind power equipment manufacturer,
our partner since 2011. In September 2012 the Ministry of
Environment awarded Toshiba funding*4 to develop and
verify a hybrid power control system for concentrated solar
power, wind turbine and biomass binary power generation.
We will develop a concentrated solar power collector and
conduct overall plant engineering.
Going forward we will continue to grow the energy
solutions business in the global market by providing high-
efficiency, high-quality services and power generation
systems.
Super-critical steam turbines and generators for
the thermal power plant in India
Ref: Ultra supercritical steam
turbine
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