My Eye-Catching News 3-5

１． Osaka Gas, KYOCERA, TOYOTA MOTOR, and AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd. have agreed to jointly develop residential SOFC cogeneration system. It seems that the aim of the agreement is to quicken the real commercialization of the SOFC cogeneration system for home use. They plan to complete the development of the residential SOFC cogeneration system till the first half of 2010, next year. As known, the PEFC cogeneration systems for home use is scheduled to begin selling of them on May of this year. The distributors of the home-use PEFC cogenerators are Tokyo Gas and other big energy companies in Japan.
http://www.aisin.co.jp/news/d00191.html

2. Tokyo Gas:
2-1) Tokyo Gas has completed a technology which is capable of producing hydrogen while keeping down CO2 emission even in small-scale facilities. The company has a plan to design hydrogen stations each supplying hydrogen to general family homes located near the hydrogen station, as well as to FCVs coming to the station.
http://www.business-i.jp/news/ind-page/news/200903240003a.nwc
2-2) Tokyo gas has decided to redesign the current residential PEFC cogeneration system, generally called ENEFARM, to reduce its size so that it is installable at multi-family housing. The FC cogenerators so size reduced will be sold in the first half of 2010. Tokyo Gas has a plan to sell 42,000 PEFC cogenerator units till the end of 2013. Other big energy companies as well as Tokyo gas are actively developing many sales strategies and continue the effort of developing new technologies, including cost reduction technology.
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20090314AT1D1308513032009.html

3． 　SAPPORO Breweries, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A and ERGOSTECH, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTDA. will cooperatively perform a demonstration test of a project of producing bio fuels, including hydrogen, from cellulose bio-mass of the residue of the crops in Brazil.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/CGI/newsrelease/detail/00000133/

4． Katayama Rivet & Screw Co., Ltd. exhibited unique products in FC EXPO 2009. This is the second time in a row that the company has participated in the expo. The products exhibited include new products, high strength stainless screws and titanium screws. The company expects that the sales of company’s screw products will increase in those fields.
http://www.nejinews.co.jp/news/fastener/archive/eid1852.html

5. Nagoya university has a plan to develop a large scale electron microscope which enables the observer to directly view chemical reaction processes in atom level, in cooperation with private companies. The development will be completed after one year. The world’s first microscope, when completed, is expected to have great contribution to the research and development of new catalysts and efficient fuel cells.
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/s/article/2009032290111135.html

Also read:
1) (75) Succeeded in Dynamically Observing Hydrogen Releasing Reaction
(by Graduate School of Engineering Hokkaido University & Institute for Advanced Materials Research (Hiroshima University)
News item No. 75, http://www.fcpat-japan.com/News2008-3.html
2) 113: Succeeded in Visualizing Incoming and Outgoing Motions of Lithium Ions at Positive Electrode by Electron Microscope (by AIST)
New item No. 113, http://www.fcpat-japan.com/News2008-4.html

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