Panasonic Opens its First European Residential Fuel Cell R&D Center

Panasonic has launched the Panasonic Fuel Cell Development Office Europe (PFCOE) in Langen, Germany on July 1, 2011. The facility, situated in Panasonic's European R&D center in Germany (PRDCG), will focus on developing residential fuel cells for the European market in close collaboration with leading European utility companies.

Panasonic has been developing residential fuel cells (micro CHP) since 1999 and launched the world's first system, the ENE-FARM, in May 2009 in Japan. Following on from the success that it has had in the Japanese market, it now plans to extend its operations into Europe and the R&D center will be a key part of realizing this aim.

Source: Panasonic