Dec 19 2009
Kyocera Corporation has supplied approximately 190,000 solar modules to two recently completed large-scale solar power facilities in Spain. The solar modules at these power plants are capable of generating approximately 40 megawatts of electricity.
Kyocera had supplied multicrystalline solar modules to Avanzalia. Avanzalia is a renewable energy company and it promotes and constructs large-scale solar power plants in Spain. The two new solar plants were inaugurated by Avanzalia and are located in the Castile-La Mancha region of central Spain: Don Quijote in Ciudad Real and Dulcinea in Cuenca. The high-energy solar modules supplied to these new facilities are operating now and generating renewable energy from the sun.
High conversion efficiency of Kyocera’s multicrystalline cells, reliability of modules for a long-term and the company’s capability to supply solar modules in large numbers are some of the reasons Avanzalia had chosen Kyocera for its new solar power plants. The solar modules in these plants cover a total area of 338,581m². The combined solar electricity generated in these plants is enough to power about 17,700 average households in Spain.
Avanzalia’s initiative to encourage power use from renewable sources such as solar power aligns perfectly with Spanish government’s policies. Kyocera had started developing the solar energy technology from the year 1975. A commemorative function was held on November 18, 2009 to mark the commissioning of both Dulcinea plant and Don Quijote plant.
Kyocera is planning to expand its production capacities rapidly at its four solar module assembly plants that are located in China, Japan, Czech Republic and Mexico to meet the increasing demand from Europe, Japan, North America and China. It is also planning to begin operations at its newly constructed solar cell production facility in Japan by spring of 2010 to meet its target to produce 650MW per year of solar cells by March 2012.
Source: http://global.kyocera.com