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Kyocera Solar Panels: Tougher Than The Competition?
Solar panel systems from the Japanese manufacturer Kyocera that were installed in a small French near Lyon has been up and running for exactly two decades now. This about how long the warranty for solar panels lasts. What is remarkable about the 20-year old solar panels is that they show much less degeneration than what [...]
Kyocera Reaches 2M Module Milestone at San Diego Facility
Kyocera Solar Inc. has reached a major milestone at its solar panel manufacturing facilities in North America. This week, the company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation, announced that it has turned out 2 million photovoltaic (PV) solar modules at its facilities in San Diego, Calif. and Tijuana, Mexico. “This milestone demonstrates Kyocera’s ongoing [...]
In Focus: Floating Solar Panels
Japan is one of the few bright lights for the solar industry this year, with its new aggressive feed-in law. With developers rushing in, there’s room for innovation rather than the scrimping we’re seeing elsewhere. One of the more interesting concepts are floating solar plants. A domestic home developer, West Holdings, plans to build 10 floating solar [...]
Energy Efficiency: Is It The Real Deal?
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), peak electric loads in the U.S. are 20,800 MW lower than they would be without utility energy efficiency programs[1]. If it is correct it represents perhaps 100 power plants that did not need built that would have otherwise been required. Similarly, the EIA data shows that electric usage [...]
Kyocera Grows Green Curtains
In an innovative move to save energy, Japan-based Kyocera is planting green curtains on all its buildings. In the wake of the nuclear shutdown, Japan has set energy reduction targets, and this is one way Kyocera is meeting them. Curtains of foliage grace the walls of manufacturing and office buildings and grow on trellises over windows, providing shade from [...]
Solar and Geothermal: Booming in Japan
Japan could become the next boom market for solar after it rolls out feed-in tariffs (FiT) for renewable energy in July, and several large projects have already been announced. With its nuclear plants shuddered there’s a big energy hole that needs to be filled. Strict energy conservation efforts are helping, and the country will increasingly [...]
Kyocera’s PV Power Generation System
If you want a little solar charger for your smartphone or a solar bulb that will help you in the backyard, then many of those are available with new ones coming forth every day. But units like the ones Kyocera is offering are not going to be launched all too often and this Solar Power [...]
England’s First Zero Carbon Church
The almost 900 years old St. Michael and All Angels Church in Withington, England recently became the country’s first ‘zero carbon church’. KYOTO Corporation from Japan had been assigned to supply its solar modules for a leading project that has helped in renovating the old church building, equipping it with all required tools for generating [...]
Who Would Survive a Solar Shake-Out?
A pattern that’s common in the growth of so many industries looks like it could soon take hold for solar – the pioneers get the industry going, then there’s an eventual shake-out, driving many of them out of business or gobbled up by the big guys, who enter later and take over. The hard times for solar manufacturers [...]