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WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Fact Sheets 2012 Data Environmental Data THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY NATURE OF RAILWAYS INITIATIVES TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS AND CONSERVE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION USAGE RATIO AND ENERGY • Introducing energy-saving rolling stock INTRODUCTION OF ENERGY-SAVING ROLLING STOCK CONSUMPTION RATIO OF DOMESTIC MODES OF In order to reduce the energy consumed by railway operations, which accounts (ROLLING STOCK CURRENTLY IN OPERATION ) for approximately 80% of our total energy consumption, JR-West is introducing Years ended March 31 TRANSPORTATION 1,038 (FY09.3, NATIONWIDE) new rolling stock equipped with VVVF inverter control systems, regenerative Shinkansen 990 (100) 908 924 (100) brakes, and other energy-saving features. 1,000 (96.7) 874 (100) 826 (100) (36.8) Transportation 128 328 408 29 6 3.96 51 14 • Improving ground facilities 16 152 232 Usage Ratio 144 JR-West is improving its ground facilities to fully utilize the characteristics of its 750 energy-saving rolling stock. This includes the installation of the DC feeding 144 368 N700 Series 368 systems between up and down lines, hybrid electric power supply systems, and 368 368 Energy 500 700 Series Consumption 7 3 76 1,200.7 14 other facilities to help the Company better take advantage of the electricity 128 496 500 Series 104 Ratio acquired through the regenerative brakes of our energy-saving rolling stock. 522 80 80 144 300 Series 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 250 144 144 74 • Reducing the energy used by stations, offices, and other facilities 144 48 100 Series 110 106 While stations use relatively low amounts of energy in comparison to the amount 30 100 70 12 0 Series ■ Railway ■Bus ■ Car ■ Other (Including airplane) 0 consumed by train operations, the move to make JR-West’s stations barrier free 96 08 09 10 11 12 Source: Summary of Transportation Statistics, Transport Research and Statistics Office, has a tendency to increase energy consumption. In addition to continuing its Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism development of technologies to reduce energy consumption, JR-West is also Conventional Lines—Electric Trains The GHGs Emissions Data of Japan, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan advancing efforts to make its stations into environmentally friendly “eco-stations.” 6,000 4,863 4,845 4,852 4,862 4,817 (56.6) (58.5) (59.9) (64.3) (67.8) ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND CO2 EMISSION S ASSOCIATED 4,351 WITH BUSINESS ACTIVITIES (31.0) CO2 EMISSIONS BY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (TOURISTS) 4,500 565 Years ended March 31 1,974 2,055 2,129 2,354 (FY09.3) 785 2,494 Billion of MJ Thousands of t-CO2 3,000 Value for railway scaled to 100 60 1,750 778 777 777 1,660 774 VVVF Rolling Stock 774 (after 207 Series) 1,578 3,001 1,500 Newer Model Rolling Stock 1,517 2,111 2,013 1,946 1,734 1,549 Railway 100 (18) 1,511 1,508 1,457 (after 201 Series) 45 1,500 Older Model Rolling Stock 1,390 1,396 1,394 0 96 08 09 10 11 12 1,358 1,349 5.89 Bus 267 (48) 5.67 5.83 5.75 5.33 5.43 5.58 5.50 5.11 5.22 5.12 30 1,250 Conventional Lines—Diesel Trains 800 61 775 Airplane 611 (110) (18.5) 30.38 29.09 29.23 29.24 28.99 28.77 82 15 27.75 27.88 27.89 27.65 27.44 1,000 600 460 470 461 457 439 (87.2) (89.4) (91.3) (95.8) (98.2) 917 (165) Private vehicles 400 632 257 257 257 254 247 Rolling Stock Equipped 0 96 07 08 09 10 11 0 with Newer Engines (KiHa 40 & 47 Series) 0 250 500 750 1,000 Previous emission Energy Consumed Energy Consumed by Means CO2 Emissions 200 144 163 166 Newer Model Rolling Stock coefficient by Train Operations Other Than Train Operations 184 184 (after KiHa 120 Series) 19 8 Current emission Energy Consumed Energy Consumed by Means CO2 Emissions 59 50 40 Older Model Rolling Stock Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism homepage coefficient by Train Operations Other Than Train Operations 0 Numbers in parentheses are actual CO2 emissions volumes 96 08 09 10 11 12 Note: Factory-use liquid fuel is included in energy consumed by means other than train (g-CO2 / passenger-kilometers) operations for FY 07.3 and years thereafter. Note: Numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of energy-saving rolling stock. 18.