Kyocera modules power 209-kW PV system in Marshall Islands

Jul 12, 2012 - Japanese electronic equipment maker Kyocera (TYO:6971), Marubeni Corp (TYO:8002) and Wakachiku Construction Co (TYO:1888) have supplied equipment, designed and installed a 209-kW photovoltaic (PV) system on a hospital on the Marshall Islands.

The system, which includes 972 units of Kyocera's 215-W solar modules, will produce some 257 MWh of electricity, enough to save 81 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year, Kyocera said in a statement today.

The Japanese government's Official Development Assistance (ODA) is financing the project as part of its efforts to support the reduction of carbon emissions by using renewable energy sources in developing countries. Kyocera added that it had supplied some 3 MW of modules for about 40 solar projects in countries in Asia and Africa under ODA's project since 1984.

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