New Energy Vanguard 21

New Energy Foundation

Minister of International Trade and Industry Prizes for Electric Car and Solar Power Generation for Multi Media

Fiscal 1998 New Energy Award
(former New Energy Vanguard 21)
Award Program for 21st Century Type New Energy Equipment/System and Application

The New Energy Foundation launched New Energy Vanguard 21 (Award Program for 21st Century Type New Energy Equipment/System and Application) in 1996 for the further promotion and spread of the use of new energies.

The commendation system is divided into two categories - the new energy equipment/system category and new energy system application category. After the severe evaluation and investigation by the examination committee, the Minister of International Trade and Industry Prize, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Director-General Prize, and New Energy Foundation Chairman Prize are given to the outstanding entries of each category. In 1997, the following 14 entries were awarded.

The award-giving ceremony was held at the Science and Technology Center on February 4, 1998, and prize-winning entries were exhibited at the ENEX '98 Show held in Tokyo, Sendai and Fukuoka.

[Award Program in 1998 ]
[Award Program in 1997 ]
[Award Program in 1996 ]

◇New Energy Vanguard 21 Award Program in 1998

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Toyota Prius ---A Hybrid Passenger Car for Mass Production
Winner: Toyota Motor Corporation

■Application Category

(1) 1200 kW PV System with Snow-Melting Function
Winner: Industrial Research Institute of Ishikawa Prefecture
　　　　Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
　　　　Sharp Amenity Systems Corporation

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Photovo-Roof ---Roof-integrated Solar Cell Systems
Winner: M.S.K. Co. Ltd.

(2) Honda Civic GX ---NG Vehicle
Winner: Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
　　　 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

■Application Category

(1) Super Waste Power Generation System at Kogasaki Plant
Winner: Kitakyushu City

(2) Bio-Diesel Fuel System
Winner: Kyoto City

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Residential PV Power generation system with Environmental Monitoring Display
Winner: Sharp Corporation

(2) Silent Energy System --- Monument-type Wind Power Generation System
Winner: Cooperative PROD

■Application Category

(1) Shukutsu Wind Power Generation System, Muroran, Hokkaido (500 kW)
Winner: Muroran City

(2) Fuel Cell Power Generation System ---Fueled with Bio-gas
Winner: Sapporo Breweries Ltd.

(3) Yagi Bio-Ecology Center
Winner: Yagi-cho, Kyoto

(4) Oil Fuelled Power Generation with Gas Turbine Repowering System
Winner: Japan Soy Oil Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
　　　　Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

(5) Diesel Cogeneration System Using Waste Cooking Oil
Winner: Man-Yo Food Co., Ltd.
　　　　Nichirei Corp.
　　　　Niigata Engineering Co., Ltd.

(6) New Energy System for Kyocera Main Office Building
Winner: Kyocera Corp.

◇New Energy Vanguard 21 Award Program in 1997

■Equipment/System Category

(1) 200 kW Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell Power Plant PC25TMC
Winner: Toshiba Corp.
　　　　International Fuel Cells (USA)
　　　　ONSI (USA)

■Application Category

(1) 150 kW PV System Installed at Ho-oh High School
Winner: Kibogaoka Gakuen Educational Foundation

■Equipment/System Category

(1) HIT PV Module
Winner: Sanyo Solar Industries

(2) Advanced Residential PV Power Generation System
PV Module with Solar Concentrating Film, Indoor Use Compact Inverter
Winner: Sharp Corp.

■Application Category

(1) Solar Arcade of Fushimi-Otesuji Shopping Mall
Winner: Fushimi-Otesuji Mall Promotion Association
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

(2) Dual Effect Power Generation Using Heat from Waste Incineration
Winner: Sakai City
　　　 Kubota
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Colored PV Cell
Winner :Daido Hoxan

(2) Compact and Highly Efficient Residential Power Conditioner PV-PN04B
Winner: Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

(3) Ultra-Small One-Seater Electric Vehicle EV-1 Rookie
Winner: Hokuriku Electric Power Co.
Takeoka Car Art and Craft

■Application Category

(1) Refuse Derived Fuel Plant in Dream Fuel Center
Winner: Tsukumi City of Oita Prefecture

(2) Takahama Power Station Gas-Turbine Combined Waste Incineration Power Generation System
Winner: Gunma Prefectural Bureau of Public Utilities

(3) Fuel Cell for Hypochlorite Production System at Water Treatment Plant
Winner: Tokyo Bureau of Waterworks
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

(4) Energy-Saving Cogeneration System in Asahi Breweries Suita Factory
Winner: Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
Daikin Plant

(5) PV and Solar Thermal System at Takasaki Fukushi Technical High School
Winner: Horikoshi Gakuen School
Kyocera Corp.

◇New Energy Vanguard 21 Award Program in 1996

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Electric Car RAV4 L EV
Winner: Toyota Motor Corp.

■Application Category

(1) Solar Power Generation System for Multi Media at NTT Central Training Center
Winner: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Home-Use Solar Power Generation System Sunvista
Winner: Sharp Corp.

■Application Category

(1) Collective Wind Power Generation System Tappi Window Park
Winner: Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

(2) Yamagata Wind Power Generation Plant
Winner: Yamagata Wind Power Generation Research Center Co.
Koho Co., Ltd.

■Equipment/System Category

(1) Rooftop Integrated Solar Battery Using Resource-Saving Cell Suntessera PVS-D Series
Winner : Sanyo Solar Industries

(2) Triangular Solar Battery Module
Winner : Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.

(3) Solar Heat Application System with Built-in Solar Battery Yuwaita Excellent Atsutaro
Winner : Yazaki Sogyo

(4) Natural Gas Automobile
Winner : Natural Gas Automobile Development Group <Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Toho Gas Co., Ltd., Saibu Gas Co., Ltd., Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd., Isuzu Motors, Ltd., Autec Japan, Toyota Technocraft, Mitsubishi Motors Techno Service, Matsuda Sangyo, Unitec>

■Application Category

(1) Yagi Junior High School Solar Power Generation System
Winner : Yagi-cho, Funai-gun, Kyoto

(2) District Heat/Cool System Using Unprocessed Wastewater as Heat Source Heat supply system using unused energy of Koraku 1-Chome area
Winner : Tokyo Sewage Agency
Tokyo Sewage Energy
Ebara Corp. etc.

(3) Ecology Service Station using photovoltaic and cogeneration system
Winner : Kichijiya Main Office

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