--- title: Panasonic's Microwave Factory Runs Entirely on Renewables description: In December 2024, Panasonic transitioned its RE100 site in Wales to be powered entirely by clean energy. canonical: https://time.com/7200841/watch-panasonic-microwave-factory-renewable-energy/ author: Andrew Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-12-09T17:51:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-10T23:15:20.354Z article:section: Climate og:title: Panasonic's Microwave Factory Runs Entirely on Renewables og:description: In December 2024, Panasonic transitioned its RE100 site in Wales to be powered entirely by clean energy. og:url: https://time.com/7200841/watch-panasonic-microwave-factory-renewable-energy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0762e9b17528c06e/698b249709208f51cd424c2b/panasonic-renewable-energy.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: panasonic-renewable-energy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Panasonic's Microwave Factory Runs Entirely on Renewables twitter:description: In December 2024, Panasonic transitioned its RE100 site in Wales to be powered entirely by clean energy. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0762e9b17528c06e/698b249709208f51cd424c2b/panasonic-renewable-energy.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: Panasonic's Microwave Factory Runs Entirely on Renewable Energy  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Dec 9, 2024 5:51 PM UTC  Panasonic's factory in Wales is run entirely on renewable energy. Panasonic's factory in Wales is run entirely on renewable energy.Associated Press  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Dec 9, 2024 5:51 PM UTC In December 2024, Panasonic transitioned its RE100 site in Wales from using traditional energy sources as part of the company's shift toward sustainability and to lower its dependence on external power. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7200841/watch-panasonic-microwave-factory-renewable-energy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7200841/watch-panasonic-microwave-factory-renewable-energy/"},"headline":"Watch: Panasonic's Microwave Factory Runs Entirely on Renewable Energy","datePublished":"2024-12-09T17:51:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-10T23:15:20.354Z","description":"In December 2024, Panasonic transitioned its RE100 site in Wales to be powered entirely by clean energy.","url":"https://time.com/7200841/watch-panasonic-microwave-factory-renewable-energy/","keywords":["healthscienceclimate","AmazonFutures24"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0762e9b17528c06e/698b249709208f51cd424c2b/panasonic-renewable-energy.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0762e9b17528c06e/698b249709208f51cd424c2b/panasonic-renewable-energy.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"panasonic-renewable-energy","caption":"Panasonic's factory in Wales is run entirely on renewable energy.","creditText":"Associated Press","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7200841/watch-panasonic-microwave-factory-renewable-energy/","name":"Watch: Panasonic's Microwave Factory Runs Entirely on Renewable Energy"}}]}] ```