Clean Energy Connect and Green AI Collaborate for Corporate Decarbonization
In a significant step towards corporate sustainability, Clean Energy Connect (CEC), a provider of offsite corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) services, has entered into a partnership with Green AI, a startup that offers an energy-saving and CO2 reduction system. This collaboration aims to combine the strengths of CEC’s renewable energy implementation support with Green AI’s sophisticated energy-saving system to provide a robust framework for companies seeking to achieve their decarbonization goals.
Purpose of the Collaboration
In recent years, businesses have faced mounting pressure not only to reduce their CO2 emissions but also to cut energy costs and manage the risks associated with fluctuating energy prices. This has made the combination of renewable energy integration and energy efficiency even more critical. CEC supports companies in reaching their CO2 reduction targets via the implementation of renewable energy through its corporate offsite PPA services. Meanwhile, Green AI’s system helps organizations balance economic viability, productivity, and decarbonization through planning, execution, and monitoring processes. By merging their services, both companies aim to deliver comprehensive support for clients’ decarbonization journeys from both the renewable energy and energy efficiency perspectives.
Overview of the Collaboration
The collaboration will facilitate the integration of CEC's offsite PPA services with Green AI’s capability to develop decarbonization roadmaps tailored to individual companies. Utilizing an AI-driven database that includes over 5,700 energy-saving and decarbonization measures, the Green AI system selects optimal strategies, enabling clients to visualize CO2 reductions and investment payback periods quantitatively. Furthermore, utilizing the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MAC Curve), the system prioritizes high-impact measures to enhance the efficiency of decarbonization efforts.
Future Outlook
CEC aims to propose the utilization of Green AI’s energy-saving and CO2 reduction system to corporate clients, thereby enabling more comprehensive support for achieving CO2 reduction targets through the combination of renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives. Green AI plans to continue expanding its partnerships in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors, further supporting the realization of carbon neutrality for more companies.
About Clean Energy Connect
Clean Energy Connect provides flexible, swift, one-stop solutions for companies aiming for decarbonization, from planning the introduction of green power to execution and effectiveness verification. By establishing approximately 2,800 non-FIT small-scale solar power plants nationwide, primarily utilizing abandoned farmland, CEC has facilitated rapid green power implementation and systematic CO2 reductions. The firm has supported a variety of companies, including Dai-ichi Life Insurance, the NTT Group, and Amazon, in achieving their decarbonization and RE100 targets. Through its partnership with Green AI, CEC is committed to delivering even more comprehensive decarbonization solutions and contributing to the realization of a sustainable society.
About Green AI
Green AI is a startup that integrates environmental considerations with technology to support corporate decarbonization initiatives. Their energy-saving and CO2 reduction system allows for rapid planning without requiring specialized knowledge. The AI swiftly identifies the best measures from over 5,700 options, calculating CO2 reductions and payback periods immediately to achieve a balance between decarbonization and cost savings. Not only does Green AI assist with planning (Plan), but it also supports implementation (Do), monitoring (Check), and adjustments (Act), providing a platform that enables ongoing energy and emissions reduction efforts at factories and business sites.
Company Profiles
Clean Energy Connect
- - Representative: CEO Teppa Uchida
- - Business: Corporate green power solutions, Non-FIT renewable energy generation
- - Website: cleanenergyconnect.jp
Green AI
- - Representative: CEO Shintaro Suzuki
- - Business: Planning, development, operation, and sales of the energy-saving and CO2 reduction system 'Green AI'
- - Website: greenai.app