Kyocera supplies its multicrystalline solar modules to Avanzalia, a renewable energy company 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 modules, equal to 39.3MW, have been installed and are currently operating, providing clean energy from the power of the sun. Planta Solar de Dulcinea provides 28.8MW solar modules and Planta Solar de Don Quijote supplies 10.5MW solar modules.
The power generated from these two solar plants combined provides enough electricity for approximately 17,700 average households in Spain, with the solar modules covering a total area of 338,581sqmt.
Avanzalia began installing Kyocera’s modules in 2005. In order to build the infrastructure to support targets of producing 650MW/year of solar cells by March 2012, Kyocera is planning to start operation of a newly constructed solar cell production plant in Japan in spring of 2010.
Furthermore, to meet the needs of the four main markets (Japan, Europe, North America and China), Kyocera will continue to expand production capability at its four regional solar module assembly plants located in Japan, Czech Republic, Mexico and China.
