Ann: CFU Forms Partnership with Mitsui and Osaka , page-5

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http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/12/08/am-home-fuel-cells/


Inside, a display shows the carbon saved: a typical fuel cell cuts carbon dioxide emissions by a ton per year. That's around an eighth of what an average home produces.

What they won't save -- yet -- is money: Buying one will set you back about $30,000 U.S. But a government subsidy that covers half the bill has spurred several Japanese companies to start mass producing them.

At Panasonic's new fuel cell factory outside of Kyoto, special training computers instruct a row of 16 workers on how to build the cells. Analysts expect the price to drop to $5,000 a piece within five years.

Ikutoshi Matsumura, director of Japan's Fuel Cell Association, says by 2050, 1 in 4 homes in Japan will run on a fuel cell.