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New Year, New Building

Kyocera Solar has a new address! We are now located at: 

     Kyocera Solar, Inc.
     8800 E Raintree Drive
     Suite 280
     Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Please update your records accordingly. Our phone numbers have not changed.

KYOCERA Now Offers Stem Storage Solutions for Commercial PV Installations

Comprehensive Offering Boosts Energy Returns for Businesses in California, Hawaii, and New York

Kyocera has partnered with Stem to offer commercial and utility customers enhanced monitoring and data collection for their PV systems. Offering predictive software, advanced storage tools, and energy management, Stem creates innovative solutions for energy distribution and consumption that enable businesses to control their electricity spend.

The Stem system anticipates and reacts to energy use patterns in accordance with your tariff, switching to stored power at the moment that will deliver maximum savings. Stem software integrates data on weather, historical usage, and other factors to provide highly precise usage forecasts and granular, real-time visibility into solar production. This dramatically reduces the battery size required, adding to your peace of mind and making it a powerful, economical solution with a surprisingly small footprint. Stem products are currently available in California, Hawaii, and New York only.

Storage and PV are natural partners. While solar reduces the amount of energy you pull from the grid, smart storage addresses the other part of your bill: expensive demand charges that don’t go away with solar alone. For more information about Stem products, please send an email to infosolar@kyocera.com or call 800-223-9680.

KYOCERA Enables Municipal Buildings in Parker, AZ to Stabilize Electricity Costs

Project Will Produce An Estimated 300 Megawatt Hours of Solar Power Annually

Kyocera Solar, Inc. and the town of Parker, AZ, recently commissioned a 175-kilowatt (kW) solar energy project. The effort was developed and financed through Kyocera’s in-house Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) program, which enables towns, school districts and other entities to enjoy the benefits of solar energy with no up-front costs.

This innovative method of financing solar installations will transform the abundant Arizona sunshine into renewable energy to benefit Parker. The carport installations, which cover portions of the parking areas for Parker’s town hall, library and senior center, will shade approximately 50 cars from solar heat while simultaneously harnessing the sun’s energy. The 700 Kyocera high-efficiency solar panels and 12 SMA inverters will generate an estimated 300 megawatt hours of electricity annually to offset approximately 80% of the electricity consumed by the three buildings.

“Municipalities have a responsibility to their citizens to undertake projects that provide long-term benefits at a reasonable cost,” said Timothy Edwards, Public Works Director for the town of Parker. “We are excited to work with a reliable company like Kyocera, which provided the method for reducing our energy costs with their proven solar modules and financing model. By stabilizing our town’s electricity bills for decades to come, we’re providing a brighter future to Parker’s residents.”

This project, installed by Photovoltaic Systems Manufacturing of Mesa, AZ, benefits from a production-based incentive under the Arizona Public Service’s “Solar for Schools and Government” program. It represents the latest U.S. solar project developed using Kyocera’s in-house financing programs — which also include a 1.6 megawatt (MW) installation for the Madison School District in Phoenix. As part of a $14 billion global enterprise that has remained continuously profitable throughout its 56-year history, Kyocera Solar is leveraging its financial strength to develop and finance projects at attractive rates. 

“Kyocera is committed to helping municipalities and other entities adopt environmentally responsible methods that help their bottom line with our decades of expertise in providing reliable, efficient solar energy solutions,” said Brian Cowan, Director of PV Project Solutions for Scottsdale, AZ-based Kyocera Solar, Inc. “Many people focus on driving down the cost per-watt in a solar installation, but the cost of financing also has a significant impact on the customer’s cost per-kilowatt-hour. By combining Kyocera’s premium product, systems engineering expertise and attractive financing, we offer an unbeatable combination.”