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Solar Frontier Provides CIS Panels for Honda demo

Assisting the testing of hydrogen production through solar power

Japanese CIS solar company Solar Frontier has provided a total of 20kW of CIS thin-film solar panels for Honda Motor company's 70MPa Smart Hydrogen Station (SHS), for which demonstration testing commenced on October 24th in Tokyo, Japan.

It marks the first time that Solar Frontier has supplied its solar panels for fuel-cell-powered automobile projects.

The 70MPa SHS uses Power Creator, a high-differential-pressure electrolyser system developed by Honda that generates high-pressure hydrogen gas without the use of a mechanical compressor and using only water and electric power.

Solar Frontier's CIS thin-film solar panels assume a vital role as the source of power in the Power Creator.

"The ultimate in eco cars are fuel-cell-powered automobiles that emit zero CO2 or exhaust gas, instead generating power through hydrogen and using that electricity to run. We are delighted to see our solar panels adopted for this demonstration testing, and we look forward to seeing the spread of fuel-cell cars, thus contributing to solving climate change issues." said Solar Frontier's director and executive officer Shinji Kato.

Coming on the basis of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment's Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program, the demonstration testing is being carried forward by Honda with the aim of verifying the operational effect of the 70MPa.

The demonstration testing looks at the CO2 reduction effect of the 70MPa SHS under real-world city conditions and its practical utility as a transplantable power-generating facility.

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