Toshiba to Start of Smart Community Demonstration Project in Lyon, France - selected by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
The project will start in January 2012 and run through to the end of
March 2016, and has a value of approximately 49-milion Euros.
"Lyon
Confluence" is a major project to redevelop a former industrial and
transportation hub on the lower end of the peninsular formed by the
confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers in central Lyon. The scope of
the project is making the project a showcase for advanced technologies.
Under
the NEDO project, Toshiba and Toshiba Solutions will deliver key
technologies in four areas, based on Toshiba's "Smart Community" concept
and Smart Grid technologies: the achievement of Positive Energy
Buildings (PEB); remote monitoring and management of photovoltaic power
generation for an electric vehicle charging system; home energy
management; and a network to integrate and support Smart Community
management. The two companies have already successfully completed a
feasibility study for this comprehensive project and will now bring it
to fruition.
Toshiba and Toshiba Solutions, as lead contractors
for a group of Japanese companies, and in cooperation with French
companies also contributing to the project, will carry out four key
tasks.
Task 1: Supply essential equipment for
realizing PEB, buildings that generate more energy than they consume and
that can supply power to the grid. The companies will supply
photovoltaic power generation systems, power conditioning systems (PCS),
LED lighting system, smart battery systems based on the SCiBTM
rechargeable battery, plus Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) and
Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) derived from those developed
under the Yokohama Smart City Project promoted Japan's Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry.
Task 2: Supply an
energy management system (EMS) for a photovoltaic power generation
system used to power electric vehicles for a car share program.
Task 3: Supply homes with an energy management system that allows visualization and control of energy consumption.
Task 4: Supply
of a Community Management System (CMS) able to collect real-time data
from the systems installed under tasks 1 to 3, in order to support
operation and management of the overall Smart Community and planning and
construction of future development.
Toshiba Corporation is an
industry leader in bringing the promise and potential of the Smart
Community to fruition and to date has participated in 13 projects around
the world, including a "Smart Grid Research and Demonstration Project
in New Mexico" in the United States, the "Delhi-Mumbai Industrial
Corridor Project" in India and the "Tianjin Urban Development and
Environment Project" in China. These and other projects allow Toshiba to
test, verify and refine Smart Community technologies including energy
saving building and Electric Vehicle involving demand side and supply
side.
Going forward, Toshiba and Toshiba Group will continue to
refine the technologies that will create extended Smart Communities and
proactively seek to expand business on the global scale.
Outline of project
1. Location: Lyon Confluence, Lyon, France
2. Term: January 2011 to March, 2016
3. Participating companies and roles:
Japan
Toshiba and Toshiba Solutions (general contractor): Supply of energy management system and energy monitoring system
Panasonic, Asahi Glass: Supply of solar power generation system
Mitsubishi Motors: Supply of electric vehicles
France
Boygues: Building construction of building
Veolia water: Provision of car-sharing service
Peugeot Citroen group: Supply of electric vehicles
