Recently, Japan's rainy season season has ended early, ushering in sustained high temperatures in many places, which has also led to a sharp increase in the number of heat strokes across Japan. As of June 28, 420 people in Tokyo have been sent to the hospital due to heat stroke, which has also led to Sales of air conditioners and other cooling appliances.
However, due to tight global supply chains and shortages of air-conditioning parts, there is a serious shortage of new air conditioners in the Japanese home appliance market. According to reports, many Japanese consumers who want to buy new air conditioners have to wait one or two months from ordering to installation.
Faced with the delay in the delivery of new air conditioners under high temperatures, more and more Japanese consumers have to turn their attention to the second-hand market.
The sales of second-hand air conditioners in various stores of a certain chain brand this month have so far increased by 40% compared with the same period last year. Although second-hand air conditioners are about half cheaper than new ones, the reporter also learned that the current purchase price has increased by 20%, with each unit selling for between RMB 1,500 and RMB 4,500, showing an overall hot-selling trend.
In addition, TEPCO has issued power supply warnings for three consecutive days. As the weakening of sunshine affects the power generation of photovoltaic power stations, the tension between power supply and demand has further intensified. As one of the power-saving measures, the number of Japanese people's appointments for cleaning air conditioners has increased significantly recently, and the business volume of some cleaning companies has doubled year-on-year.
Data shows that cleaning air conditioners can reduce power consumption by 10% to 15%, which can alleviate local power supply shortages to a certain extent and also help reduce consumers' electricity bill burden as Japan's electricity bills continue to rise.
Compared with the first day meeting of the second Sina Finance ESG Global Leaders Summit held on June 28, Chairman and President of Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd. Dong Mingzhu talked about Gree A new Technology, used in the field of air conditioning, can reduce electricity consumption by nearly 80%. If implemented globally, it can slowly reduce the temperature rise by 0.5 degrees.
Gree's official Weibo revealed that the "zero carbon source" technology has been developed for nearly ten years. Its core systems include photovoltaic (storage) DC centrifuge systems, DC multi-connection systems, etc., turning air conditioners from power consumers into low-carbon pioneers. Overall it is very worth looking forward to.
