Kyocera announced that their total solar module production has reached up to 5GW milestone. The company‘s next target is to increase the production to 1.4GW from 1.2GW in previous year.
The demand for Kyocera solar modules increased rapidly with global rise in market for renewable energy resources. Solar energy has gained popularity as an alternative energy. For example, Japan, which launched an aggressive feed-in-tariff program in July 2012, has seen significant surge in demands for solar.
Some of the renowned solar installations using efficient Kyocera modules are Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant with a 70MW solar field in Kagoshima Bay and AV Solar II in Arizona using 25MW of Kyocera modules.
Five companies including Kyocera have reached an agreement to investigate the possibility of operating a 430MW solar power project on the island of Ukujima, an agricultural land. The project plans to utilize 1,720,000 of Kyocera’s high-output multi-crystalline silicon solar modules to create a 430MW system generating 500,000MWh per year.
Kyocera began its research in solar energy field in 1975. With 40 years’ experience in the solar industry, the company has expanded the business to include production and supply of solar modules as well as construction, operation and maintenance of mega-solar power projects.
Kyocera supplies lithium-ion batteries for power storage, which can be combined with solar power generation to supply electricity at nights. In Japan the company also markets Energy Management Systems (EMS), which allows real-time power usage monitoring and help in optimal control of energy.
During the year ended March 31, 2014, the company’s net sales totaled 1.45 trillion yen. The company is ranked #531 on Forbes magazine’s 2014 “Global 2000” listing of the world’s largest publicly traded companies.
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