Panasonic Supported Indonesian Red Cross with the Life Innovation Container

Panasonic Life Innovation Container took a leading role in a 6-days event ‘Jumbara 2011’ started on July 4 at the Limboto Campgrounds in Gorontalo and hosted by the Indonesian Red Cross Society. The Life Innovation Container provided by Panasonic is a demonstration of Panasonic’s innovative and comprehensive energy solutions in creating, storing and saving energy.

Held every fifth year, the Life Innovation Container appeared for the first time to support the mobile office for the Indonesian Red Cross to power various transmission and office equipments. Panasonic also displayed its Viera TVs and LED lamps , which were also powered by the Life Innovation Container’s solar panel and storage battery system at the Red Cross first-aid demonstration tents.

Easily transportable by sea, rail and land container is expected to provide electricity to power off-grid areas and support disaster-ridden areas as temporary infrastructure.

Panasonic already donated one unit of this Container to aid victims of the earthquake in Japan. It was installed at a local disaster task force at Minami-Sanrikucho, Miyagi Prefecture to provide power to communication facilities. The electronics giant also planning to build a green village in Fujisawa by 2014.

The Life Innovation Container is equipped with eighteen HIT solar modules, 48 storage batteries and an inverter, which can generate on average 6,7 kW. When fully charged, the container can continue providing electricity for three days, even without sunlight.

Panasonic Gobel Indonesia has also donated 3,000 LED necklights to the Jumbara participants as useful equipment during emergency situations.

The company is committed to helping build a sustainable society in collaboration with various countries, governments and NGOs as a part of its corporate citizenship activities. Panasonic aims to be the No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry and is loved by Asian people as it occupies the 3d position in the Asia Pacific Brands Report.