Panasonic combines fuel cells, batteries, PV to power factory in Japan with 100% Renewable Energy
Japan’s Panasonic claims its new pilot solar-plus-hydrogen facility marks the first attempt to create a factory powered by 100% renewables, via the full-scale use of hydrogen.
PV Magazine.com April 19, 2022
Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic has commissioned a pilot hydrogen plant combining photovoltaics with storage and fuel cells at its fuel cell factory in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, in central Japan.
The system has a power output of 1.07 MW, with 570 kW are provided by the solar array and 495 kW by Panasonic's own fuel cell systems. It also relies on lithium-ion batteries with a combined storage capacity of 1.1 MWh. The Kusatsu site has a peak demand of around 680 kW and an annual power demand of around 2.7 GWh.
The pilot facility occupies a surface of around 6,000 square meters. It is purportedly the world's first attempt to create a factory powered by 100% renewables through the full-scale use of hydrogen...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/04/19/panasonic-combines-fuel-cells-batteries-pv-to-power-factory-in-japan/
A Society that Creates More Energy than It Uses
"Hydrogen" is drawing attention as a next generation energy source. It produces clean, sustainable energy. By chemically reacting with oxygen, hydrogen creates electricity and the only byproduct from this process is water. Panasonic has been researching hydrogen energy technologies for over 20 years, and it is now developing highly efficient, low cost pure hydrogen fuel cell generators...
https://news.panasonic.com/global/stories/2020/84116.html
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