Category Archives: Green Energy
Yasuyuki Fujimura, 67, graduated from Osaka University with a doctorate in engineering and worked as an engineer at construction machine maker Komatsu before setting up his studio at his home in 2007. He has invented over 10 types of appliances, which he even offers to other countries such as Mongolia. When Fujimura gives lectures, he brings up his self-made unit “GP.” One GP is the average yearly power provided by a single nuclear reactor, around 5 billion kilowatt hours. According to Fujimura, all the televisions in Japan come out to 10 GPs, or 10 nuclear reactors’ worth of power usage a year. All the heated water servers take 3 GPs in order to maintain the temperature of the water inside, making them the same as air coolers.
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Toyota unveiled the Toyota RAV4 EV —an all electric compact SUV jointly developed with Tesla today at the 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS26) in Los Angeles, California. The RAV4 EV—based on the Toyota RAV4 compact SUV and fitted with a Tesla electric powertrain—achieves a real-world cruising range of approximately 100 miles (approx. 160 km).
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LG today announced a digital interactive campaign on Facebook called My Eco Home which will allow Facebook fans around the world to create and share their own personalized, virtual dream homes. The campaign will also introduce Facebook users to LG’s proprietary five Core Technologies – the Linear Compressor, Inverter Direct Drive, KOMPRESSOR technology, Lightwave and Plasmaster – and their eco-friendly benefits. A click on the campaign tab on the LG Electronics Facebook page opens a microsite for creating Eco Homes. Participants can personalize the interior by choosing from a host of different decorations, appliances and photos of their friends on Facebook. Interior themes come in three exquisite choices: Antique, Modern or Zen.
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Panasonic will broadcast the annular solar eclipse on May 20 live to the world from the summit of Mt Fuji, using only green power. All electricity required for devices used for broadcasting, such as video cameras, filming equipment, and computers, will be drawn from HIT Solar Cells, with industry-leading power output, and be supplied through rechargeable batteries made by Panasonic. On the day of the eclipse, Mt Fuji will be ideally located within the central eclipse path that allows for optimum viewing, and the view is especially spectacular in the clear air of the mountain peak.
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Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Electric have completed the development and begun the operation of M-tech Labo, a smart grid demonstration system that utilizes rechargeable batteries in Electric Vehicles (“EVs”) for electric-demand leveling of factory facilities. The system consists of a 20kW photovoltaic system, 5 electrically-dischargeable EVs and 80kWh used rechargeable batteries collected from EVs. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate load shifting by charging at night when demand is low, storing power produced from renewable sources in rechargeable batteries, and supplying such power back to the grid when factory facilities and offices face peak demand.
MC, MMC and Mitsubishi Electric also expect that utilizing EV batteries and used rechargeable batteries, instead of expensive, dedicated batteries, will lower costs while promoting the environmental-benefits of renewable energy and EVs. Tokyo Institute of Technology is playing an advisory role for the project. This demonstration project is part of the KEIHANNA Eco-City Next-Generation Energy and Social Systems Demonstration Project, one of the four smart grid initiatives authorized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The three companies will collaborate in project implementation and application of knowledge obtained with the goal of contribution towards a more sustainable society.
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A new building at the campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology is almost self-sufficient in power use. The walls and rooftop of the seven-story Environment and Energy Innovation Building in Meguro Ward is covered by 4,500 solar panels. The total capacity of the panels is 650 kilowatts. The building also has 100 kilowatts of fuel cells. The building, which also has two basement floors, uses about half the power of a conventional structure of the same scale.
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Kyocera, IHI Corporation and Mizuho Corporate Bank today announced that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to construct a 70-megawatt (MW) solar power plant in southern Japan and to further explore a business model for utility-scale solar power generation. The mega-solar plant is being built to help solve Japan’s power supply issues caused by the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and to make a contribution to environmental protection, including the reduction of CO2 emissions. Within the agreement, the Kyocera Group will be responsible for the supply of 100% of the solar modules and part of the construction & maintenance of the system; IHI will lease the land and actively participate in the operation of the project; and Mizuho CB will devise a financing plan for the project.
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Panasonic today announced its plans to establish a new environmental engineering company in Malaysia that will play a part in achieving Panasonic’s vision of becoming the No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry in 2018. Green Business Innovation deals with reducing the impact on the environment of Panasonic’s own business activities. This new company, Panasonic Eco Solutions Malaysia Sdn. Bdh (PESMY) will work to promote Panasonic’s energy saving and recycling businesses in Malaysia, and reduce the environmental impact of industry on the region.
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Panasonic will showcase its total solutions for creating, storing, saving and managing energy at the Milano Salone del Mobile 2012 exhibition, which will be held in Milan this April. At this year’s exhibition, Panasonic will present an energy cycle, comparing it to an ecological cycle that begins with photosynthesis, starting with energy creation (through solar panels), and continuing to energy storage (through storage batteries) and energy saving (through LED and organic LED lights), with each stage of the cycle being controlled by an energy management system.
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Panasonic was one of the major participants in the recently held 5th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo, PV EXPO 2012 during World Smart Energy Week 2012. World Smart Energy Week 2012 is one of the world largest international exhibitions with seven energy-related international exhibitions held simultaneously, and this year, exhibitors total 1,950 companies from around the world. A total of 750 corporations and institutions participated in the event with the number of visitors exceeding 90,000, making this year’s expo the largest ever.
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