Panasonic Showcased the Latest Zero-Eco House and Hydrogen Fuel Cell at Eco-Products 2015

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Panasonic Corp 16 Dec 2015

Panasonic showcased its innovative eco-conscious products and technologies at its booth under the theme, "A Better Life, A Better World" at Eco-Products 2015, which was held at the Tokyo Big Sight from December 10 to 12, 2015. Panasonic's lithium-ion batteries for eco-conscious vehicles, "Zero-Eco House" and a hydrogen fuel cell that can create energy from pure hydrogen (prototype currently under development) drew great attention.

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During the exhibition, seminars, workshops, etc. by special lecturers were organized. The exhibition welcomed a wide range of visitors from businesspersons to children...snip
Full: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/panasonic-showcased-latest-zero-eco-062700975.html

Panasonic Clean Energy Solution



...Assuming that a society where hydrogen is supplied to each home will be realized in the near future, Panasonic is working to develop a pure hydrogen-type fuel cell that allows us to produce electricity directly from hydrogen with high efficiency and low cost. We have installed prototype devices inside "Yume Solar-kan Yamanashi", Komekurayama in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, a field test site for renewable energy and next generation energy, and conducted electricity production performance tests from 2012. We are planning to continue with this field test.

As part of developing future technologies, we are currently studying a solar hydrogen generation technology (photocatalyst) that produces hydrogen from water, by using our proprietary photocatalyst technology and renewable energy, namely sunlight. We are exploring every possibility of hydrogen production technology, including using the Energy and Environment New Technology Pioneer Program, a program funded by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and aim to realize the technology by around 2030. Research is also underway to develop a high-density storage technology...
http://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/brand/story/clean_energy.html

Game Changer: Panasonic Solar Panels Make Hydrogen

Panasonic moves closer to home energy self-sufficiency with fuel cells
Asahi Shimbun | August 02, 2015



Panasonic Corp. said it has developed a catalyst that uses sunlight efficiently to extract hydrogen from water, a technology that could lead to energy self-sufficiency in homes powered by fuel cells.

The company said it tested photocatalysts consisting of niobium nitride that can absorb 57 percent of sunlight, a rate far more efficient than the titanium oxide photocatalysts used today that absorb only ultraviolet rays, which constitute 4 percent of sunlight.

Using this catalyst, Panasonic plans to develop products, such as panels similar to solar cells, for installation on rooftops. These products in turn will create the hydrogen that fuel cells use to generate electricity...snip

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/technology/AJ201508020014

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1. Discerning laptop owners avoid Panasonic batteries

They are rather low quality. Maybe their fuel cells and water splitters will be better...

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2. You might want to tell Tesla

maybe you can alert them before Panasonic moves into the Gigglefactory. Panasonic is the company that is actually going to make the 7000 186/50 cells that go into a Model S battery pack (on the tax free land that boy wonder Musk managed to finagle- nothing says "liberal" more than subsidizing super expensive cars for rich people, does it).

Do you think Musk refers to Fuel Cells as "Fool Cells" when he's in Japan trying to get Panasonic to drop a few points on the price?

Edit to add: How long do your laptop batteries last, on average?

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3. Good luck to them

Though Panasonic did buy Sanyo a while back. Interestingly, it was the Sanyo packs that Thinkpad users were trying to get as replacements for the crappy Panasonic-made models. I still have a Panasonic battery that didn't fade quite fast enough to qualify for a free trade-in; About 1/4 of the capacity disappeared in a few weeks but stabilized after that.