Business trend:
Thanks to the
strong reliability and excellent energy saving ability, Japanese railway
technology gets orders from abroad in succession. Sojitz, one of Japan’s
leading general trading companies, got an order for a power storage system from
Hong Kong in alliance with Meidensha. They got an order for the power storage
unit that stores regenerative energy a railway car generates when it applies
the brake together with electric substation equipment. The Meidensha’s unit called CAPAPOST stores
electricity in capacitors that allow for input and output of a large volume of
electricity at a time. It has a discharge and charge capacity of 2,000 kW. As compared
with the power storage unit that uses lithium-ion battery, Meidensha’s unit is
suitable for transportation that needs a great deal of power current in arrival
and departure.
Sojitz plans to
increase sales of the railway business to 150 billion yen in three years, and
even plants to participate in railway management business for long-term stable
revenue. Other general trading companies are also active. Marubeni acquired an
order for the amount of 80 billion yen from the Philippines. The order includes
railway cars and related electrical equipment. Sumitomo also received an order
for the amount of 63 billion yen from Vietnam. The order is expected to include
Japanese railway cars. Because the Japanese railway technology can exhibit
excellent competitive edge, it will likely get more orders from Asian countries
where railway construction grows widespread in an accelerating pace.
CAPAPOST, Meidensha’s regenerative energy storage unit
CAPAPOST, Meidensha’s regenerative energy storage unit
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