Panasonic develops power supply container for areas without electricity

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Panasonic Corp on Tuesday said it has developed a stand-alone photovoltaic power package for areas without electricity. The power supply container contains solar modules and lead-acid batteries, as well as the newly developed power supply control unit that acts as the energy management system.

In addition, the Project to Improve Elementary Education and Alleviate Poverty by Providing Electricity to Karimunjawa Island, Jepara District, Central Jawa Province, for which the power supply container will act as a power source, has been selected by the embassy of Japan in Indonesia as a joint public/private sector project.

Indonesia consists of roughly 13,000 islands, and so there is a lack of access to electricity, particularly among the minor islands where development of power generation facilities and distribution networks is difficult. In Karimunjawa, electricity is available at night from diesel generators, but in the daytime there is no electricity, which results in an insufficient educational environment.

To solve this problem, Panasonic will provide a power supply container to the National Elementary School Karimunjawa 01, in order to improve the facilities and educational environment through providing power for the school’s electrical equipment, such as lights and fans, as well as educational tools such as computers, projectors and televisions.