Part of the largest battery innovation hub in Japan, the new facility will enhance global production capacity and competitiveness Osaka, Japan — Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., a Panasonic Group Company, today announced it has completed the construction of a new production development facility within its Suminoe factory in Osaka, Japan. … [continued]
To the average American, Tesla is just another topic in the news alongside China, Trump, the weather, terrorism, national disasters, local sports, and celebrity gossip. They have their morning coffee, rush to work, and glance at the news on their phones. Actually, many Americans work rotating shifts. Those shifts may begin at 9:00 PM at night — and they may not have time to catch up on the news. Unless someone is exposed to Tesla via a customer, fan, or shareholder, they will often only know from what they hear or see in the news.
Operations at one of Panasonic Corporation’s solar photovoltaic cell production facilities will be suspended for roughly half of 2016 owing to slowing demand, according to recent reports. The production suspension at the solar cell plant will reportedly last from the end of February until the end of October, according to … [continued]
Developers are conducting an environmental assessment for a planned Houston-Dallas bullet train much like the Japanese original (and inspired by it).
As previously reported on CleanTechnica, Japan is experimenting with floating renewable energy. It is now expanding on that with ten floating solar installations totaling 20 MW of power capacity. These will be built by home renovator West Holdings. It will get the technology from South Korea’s LS Industrial Systems. Though this type … [continued]
