Viessmann Group and Panasonic Corp. have jointly developed a new fuel cell cogeneration system, which will become the first polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) fuel cell system available for single-family homes in Europe. It will be sold by Viessmann, starting in Germany in April 2014. Panasonic and Viessmann formed a joint development agreement and jointly designed the complete fuel cell system, which inc ...

Since the Fukushima disaster of 2011, Japan has been working to move away from nuclear energy and fossil-fuels in general. While the impact of the disaster is still being felt to this day, Japan has made major strides in embracing new forms of energy, such as solar power and hydrogen fuel. Bloom Energy, a leading developer of hydrogen fuel cells, believes that Japan is becoming an ideal market for fuel cell ...

The DNV KEMA Clean Technology Centre (CTC) in Singapore has opened an Asian Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Management, the company announced today. “The CoE will enable DNV KEMA to apply its global experience to support the Asia Pacific energy market in building a solid and more sustainable energy future,” says David Walker, CEO for DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability. The C ...

The development of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) appears to be gaining momentum. Toyota Motor and Honda Motor have announced plans to start selling FCEVs in 2015. Hyundai Motor of South Korea also has a similar plan. The success of FCEVs will depend largely on whether carmakers can price them competitively and how widespread hydrogen stations become. Conventional electric vehicles that rely on batteri ...

NGK Insulators Ltd. and a group led by Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. were picked for a project aimed at reducing the cost of storage systems that can help integrate clean energy onto the grid. Japan’s government will pay the companies as much as 75 percent of development costs, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a statement Aug. 29. The Sumitomo group and NGK will work separately on two ...

This year’s Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW)will feature a line-up of esteemed speakers including several government leaders and industry captains who will be speaking at the event for the first time. MalaysianMinister for Energy, Green Technology and Water Y.B. Datuk Seri Dr. Maximus Ongkili, Queensland Government Minister for Energy and Water Supply Mark McArdle and the United States Department ...

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has agreed to provide technical support to Tokai University's solar car team, which will compete in the 2013 World Solar Challenge (WSC 2013), one of the world's biggest races for solar cars, to be held from October 6 to 13 in Australia. Under the sponsorship agreement, Panasonic will provide the Japanese university team with its HIT(R)(1) solar cells which boas ...

When it kicks off the world’s first EcoMobility Festival on 1 September, Suwon, a city 30 km from Seoul, South Korea will prove that a truly ecomobile city - one where citizens can move freely, safely and sustainably – can exist. Showcasing the world’s first ecomobile city, Suwon will engage 4,300 residents to swap some 1,500 cars for ecomobile vehicles, and adopt an ecomobile lifestyle for the entire Septe ...

The state-owned electricity company, PT PLN, is soon to install 12 electric vehicle charging stations (SPLU) to provide accessible and reliable power to a fleet of electric and hybrid cars the government intends to deploy for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit to be held in the Nusa Dua Resort complex in October. “The central government plans to prepare 20 or more electric or hybri ...

NTT DoCoMo Inc. will introduce environment-friendly fuel cells at cellphone base stations across the country as emergency power sources in the event of a disaster, company officials said Friday. Among its base stations, just one in Tokyo currently has fuel cells. Japan’s largest mobile phone carrier will select other base stations by the end of this year for the introduction starting in 2014, the officials ...