For regional disaster and crime prevention measures, and as a proposal for locally produced and consumed renewable energy

NTN Corporation (hereafter, NTN) has donated two units of “NTN Hybrid Street Lights,”*1 which generate power using wind and solar light, to Iwata City in Shizuoka Prefecture, as one initiative aimed at coexisting with local communities as part of the company's 100th anniversary activities.

The two “NTN Hybrid Street Lights” were installed at the entrance area of Ryuyo Kaiyo Park in the southwestern district of Iwata City, as well as at the top of Ryuyo Fuji where there is a viewing tower and which is also an evacuation area in the event of a tsunami. They will be used to provide guide lighting at community evacuation areas, security lighting and as an emergency power supply.

A donation ceremony was held at the Iwata City Office on February 1, where NTN Executive Vice President Inoue presented Iwata City Mayor Watanabe with records of the donations. Mayor Watanabe expressed his gratitude: “Thank you for this donation of NTN Hybrid Street Lights. The installation location of Ryuyo Fuji also serves as an evacuation area, and residents will be able to evacuate safely even at night. NTN is a company that has close ties with the local community, and I want to continue to have this good relationship where both NTN and our city can think that the establishment of NTN business site in our city was the best choice.”

With NTN's 100th anniversary approaching on March 1, 2018, the company will donate a total of 17 “NTN Hybrid Street Lights” to five locations within Japan, as part of efforts to express appreciation to local communities that have given support over the years but also hope to be together with them.*2

In addition to Iwata Works that manufactures products for automobiles and some engineering departments, NTN has R&D bases for products and manufacturing methods that use the newest technologies in Iwata City. Iwata City has also cooperated with NTN in many other areas, including demonstration tests*3 for NTN products like the “In-wheel Motor System” for electric vehicles (EVs).

In the city, NTN also has been running a demonstration test*4 of the “NTN Vertical Axis Wind Turbine [10 kW]” from March last year at “Iwata Eco Park,” which is located next to Ryuyo Kaiyo Park where the “NTN Hybrid Street Lights” were installed.

NTN will continue contributing to the development of a low carbon society by proposing locally produced and consumed energy, through the development of natural energy products.

NTN Launches Extremely Silent Hybrid Street Lights
August 19, 2016 press release
http://www.ntnglobal.com/en/news/new_products/news201600059.html
NTN Donates “NTN Hybrid Street Lights” as Company's 100th Anniversary Activity
August 16, 2017 press release
http://www.ntnglobal.com/en/news/press/news201700075.html
NTN's Microcompact Mobility Equipped with In-wheel Motor to be Used at Welfare Facilities in Shizuoka Prefecture
February 15, 2016 press release
http://www.ntnglobal.com/en/news/press/news201600008.html
NTN Starts Demonstration Tests of the “Small Wind Turbine [10 kW]”
April 7 2017 press release
http://www.ntnglobal.com/en/news/press/news201700025.html