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Panasonic is making a big move into the domestic solar panel business. Next month The Panasonic Group will launch in Japan its HIT(R) 215 Series* household solar power generation systems. Panasonic will be able to provide overall energy-saving systems for homes that will include rechargeable batteries, heating and air conditioning, security systems and Net-linking gadgets besides solar panels, which will all be hooked up to each other, he said. Homes will be able to save on utility costs Read more [...]

Japan should focus on developing geothermal energy, according to a prominent US environmentalist, who says that the volcanic island-nation could become the global leader in the field. Speaking on Wednesday Lester Brown, president of the US-based Earth Policy Institute, told a news conference. "Japan could make geothermal energy the centre of its new energy economy just as the US or China will make wind the centre of theirs," "There are no leaders in the world today in this field. There is no Read more [...]