• By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) - 12 July 2012, 15:45
  • In News, Power Generation, Project Focus

Kyocera installs 209kW PV system in the Marshall Islands

  • The system is part of the Japanese government’s ODA initiative. Image: Businesswire
    The system is part of the Japanese government’s ODA initiative. Image: Businesswire

Kyocera has installed the largest PV system in Majuro, in the Marshall Islands, the company has announced. The 208.98kW PV installation has been installed at Majuro Hospital in collaboration with the Marubeni Corporation and Wakachiku Construction.

The system is equipped with 972 Kyocera PV modules and it is funded by the Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA), an initiative aimed at reducing carbon emission and utilizing renewable energies. Kyocera has been involved in approximately 40 ODA project since 1984, supplying PV projects in developing countries and has installed a total of 30MW.

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