Panasonic to Commercialize Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generator
Panasonic is accelerating initiatives toward achieving a hydrogen society
Osaka, Japan – Panasonic Corporation announced today that it will accelerate initiatives to achieve a sustainable society by utilizing hydrogen energy through the application of its technologies developed for residential fuel cells. The company first plans to commercialize hydrogen fuel cell generators by around April 2021.
In May 2009 in Japan, Panasonic became the first in the world to start selling residential fuel cells that generate power from hydrogen extracted from natural gas. It was followed by the company’s consistent efforts to achieve improved power generation endurance time, downsizing, enhanced efficiency, improved ease of installation, the addition of a resilience function, and cost reductions.
As a result, the cumulative production quantity exceeded 140,000 units.1 Based on this achievement, the company has also been working to develop hydrogen fuel cell generators and conducting field tests since 2016 by participating in such projects as the Yume Solar Kan Yamanashi in Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Hydrogen Town in Shizuoka Prefecture.
The hydrogen fuel cell generators to be commercialized will have a power generation output of 5 kW and are expected to be used at hydrogen stations, commercial facilities, etc. Linking the operations of these generators will also enable the adjustment of output in accordance with the scale of facilities.
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