EE Times Europe: Panasonic Articulates Hydrogen Technology Roadmap. In an interview with EE Times Europe, Junichi Suzuki, chairman and CEO of Panasonic Europe B.V., and Max Fujita, head of European Fuel Cells at Panasonic, discussed the plans to help shape a hydrogen society and the company’s hydrogen technology in the market.
“Decarbonization is a global issue, and Panasonic’s philosophy is to contribute to environmental protection with clean energy sources. Hydrogen is one of the elements that will contribute to the zero-emissions target,” said Suzuki.
“Since 1999, we have been developing fuel cells. At that time, we extracted hydrogen and, from hydrogen, we used fossil fuels to produce power and heat. In Japan, we have been launching products since 2009. We’ve done over 200,000 installations (the total number of hydrogen installations in Japan is 360,000) to make hydrogen available as the natural gas of choice. We are collaborating with several European companies to contribute to zero-emission impact through our hydrogen fuel cell technology, which is our goal for the coming years,” Fujita said.
Panasonic hydrogen technology roadmap
Panasonic has been developing household fuel cells (micro CHP/combined heat and power) since 1999 and launched the world’s first system, called ENE-FARM, in May 2009 in Japan, making it commercially available to produce electricity and hot water in homes. Panasonic now intends to extend its operations in Europe, and the new R&D center will be a key element in achieving this goal. The domestic fuel cell currently used in many homes and facilities helps to put clean hydrogen technology on the map. Panasonic is working on several initiatives to use hydrogen in our homes.
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Panasonic said it is working on a new hydrogen generation technology using proprietary photocatalyst technology and renewable solar energy. “We are also exploring all the possibilities 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 implement it around 2030,” stated Panasonic
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