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Eco-Shell multi-purpose solar power shelter targets municipalities and private companies(22/08/2011)
Across Japan energy reduction countermeasures are starting to be made in earnest due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and resulting nuclear power situation. Furthermore, environmental awareness in urban planning has also been receiving a lot of attention. Sekisui Jushi Corporation, Kyocera Corporation and its wholly-owned domestic solar energy sales subsidiary Kyocera Solar Corporation have announced the co-development of the Eco-She... [more]
Kyocera increases the size of the solar power generation system at its Fukushima manufacturing plant(14/07/2011)
With power supply shortages expected during the summer months due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake, the Japanese government has placed restrictions on electricity use to require high-volume users in the Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. service areas to reduce electricity consumption by 15% compared to last year. Kyocera Corporation has significantly increased the size of the solar power generation sy... [more]
Kyocera solar modules power Itami-Koya shopping center in Japan(27/04/2011)
The AEON shopping center in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a large-scale facility containing 159 businesses. 960-kilowatts (kW) of Kyocera Corporation's solar modules (roughly 4,300 units) have been installed on the roof of the recently opened AEON Itami-Koya shopping center in Itami City. The total solar power generating system is 1.16-megawatts (MW), of which 960kW are Kyocera modules, making it one of the largest systems on a com... [more]
Castle Rock Vineyards go solar with Kyocera Solar(27/09/2010)
Kyocera Solar, Inc. and REC Solar, Inc. have announced the completion of a 1.134-megawatt solar energy system at Castle Rock Vineyards, located in the heart of California’s Central Valley. The installation is expected to have a yearly production output of 1,761,971 kilowatt hours, offsetting Castle Rock Vineyards’ energy usage by 69%. The solar electric generating system, designed and installed by REC Solar, consists of 5,400 Kyocera KD210GX-L... [more]
Kyocera manufactures solar modules in San Diego to serve the US market(21/07/2010)
Solar energy has become Kyocera's fastest-growing business globally, with the company expanding production capacity aggressively to meet growing worldwide demand. Kyocera has begun manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, Calif., to serve the U.S. market's growing demand for clean, sustainable solar electric generating systems. The U.S. module production line will support a new milestone for Kyocera's solar energy business - global production vo... [more]
Kyocera solar modules chosen for a large-scale solar power plant in the Czech Republic(02/06/2010)
Kyocera Corporation has announced that it has supplied 9,000 solar modules for a large-scale solar power plant in the Czech Republic. Covering an area of more than 28,000 m2, the plant delivers an output of 1.2 megawatts (MW). In the South Moravian farming village of Moravský Žižkov, 8,960 Kyocera KD135GH-2PU solar modules are currently producing solar energy. When selecting products for solar installations, the Czech company Nelumbo put its t... [more]
Kyocera supplies solar modules to Matsuyama solar power plant in Japan(11/05/2010)
Kyocera Corporation will supply 9,000 solar modules — a total of 1.7 megawatts (MW) — for the first stage (south-east area) of the Matsuyama solar power plant (Ehime Prefecture, Japan) planned by Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. with construction by Yonden Engineering Co., Inc. Scheduled to go on-line in the spring of 2011, the Matsuyama solar power plant will combine with an existing installation for a total of approximately 2MW and become t... [more]
Kyocera solar modules supplied to two newly completed large-scale solar power plants in Spain(18/12/2009)
Avanzalia is a Spanish renewable energy company and one of the leaders in promoting, constructing and capitalizing on large-scale solar power plants in Spain. Recently, Avanzalia has inaugurated two new solar power plants in the Castile-La Mancha region of central Spain: Dulcinea in Cuenca, and Don Quijote in Ciudad Real. Kyocera Corporation has supplied roughly 190,000 solar modules, equivalent to approximately 40 megawatts (MW), for the two... [more]
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