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Green technology is an up-coming wave for the future, and Panasonic intends to be riding that wave when it crests. Panasonic has just announced it will “be the first to bring to the market a storage battery for home use, which can store sufficient electricity for about one week of use.”
Panasonic is building on its recent acquisition of a 50 percent share of Sanyo, which possesses advanced rechargeable battery technology. Through Sanyo, Panasonic intends to produce a lithium-ion power cell that will complement solar and fuel cells (neither of which can store electricity). Panasonic’s objective, it says, is to help us realize a “CO2 emission-free daily life.” Panasonic claims it has already test-manufactured such a battery.
Interestingly, Panasonic’s efforts aren’t targeted toward the eco-friendly markets emerging in the United States and Europe. According to Fumio Otsubo, the president of Panasonic, the battery is intended for “middle-income people in such emerging countries as China and India, which haven't been hit by deflationary pressure.” It would seem that Panasonic no longer views us as a profit-center.
Panasonic is aiming for its battery to be on the market by 2011.
Image Credit: Panasonic
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Dexter243
December 23, 2009 at 3:50pm
Nutcracklng snack
thay better make it cheep i can and thay all ready make batteries thay will run your hous for a week
excide maks them and many other batttery comp make them there led acid batteries
and for like 4k you can get a sealed lead acid mattery that will run your haus for longer then a week with 1 full charg and have a life span of over 6 years
thay are hevy but work very well
you can also just run many car battaries in line much cheeper thay will run your hous for a week
QuadCoreAbe
December 23, 2009 at 5:32pm
I stopped reading your comment half-way because your spelling gives me headaches. Please stop commenting until you pass your spelling bee.
snapple00
December 23, 2009 at 2:40pm
From the picture it looks like it is filled with a thousand AA's.
