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TOKYO GAS, KYOCERA TEAM ON GAS/SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM FOR HOMES Tuesday 03/10/2009 12:55 AM ET - Asia Pulse Related Companies Symbol Last %Chg KYO 54.19 0.00% TKGSF 4.20 0.00% As of 12:00 AM ET 1/15/09 Tokyo Gas Co. (TSE:9531) is joining forces with Kyocera Corp. (TSE:6971) to sell residential energy systems based primarily on gas and solar power. For Tokyo Gas, this is a strategic move designed to counter the push by power companies to promote all-electric homes by offering small, distributed power solutions that are also less harmful to the environment. Tokyo Gas has developed a "double generation" system that combines a solar power generator procured from Kyocera with its own Ecowill cogeneration system, which operates off an engine that runs on city gas. During peak energy demand in the morning and evening, the Ecowill system operates at full capacity to run heaters and warm water, reducing household consumption of electricity purchased from the utility. When there is sunlight to drive the solar power system, surplus electricity can be sold to the grid. Using the Ecowill system alone, a family can reduce its electrical bill by some 40 per cent and lower its carbon emissions by 14 per cent. In combination with the solar power system, those respective figures become roughly 70 per cent and 60 per cent, helping the environment and slicing some 100,000 yen a year off the electrical bill, according to Tokyo Gas. Tokyo Gas plans to begin marketing these hybrid systems in 2009 through a network of around 180 gas-equipment sales bases nationwide. The firm is also developing a system that combines solar generators with gas-powered fuel cells. There is no real market for such systems at present because of the high cost of fuel cells, but Tokyo Gas intends to dive into this business once prices come down. |
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| aus der Diskussion: | Kyocera - bisher einer der größten Modulhersteller |
| Autor (Datum des Eintrages): | R-BgO (10.03.09 08:25:05) |
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