Environmental protection is most sustainable when it is also economically feasible. At Kyocera, our goal is to contribute to society by developing Earth-friendly products and technologies with environmental and economic benefits - such as solar modules and pollution-reducing fine ceramic components.
Efforts to stop global warming require clean alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels. Sunlight, which is clean, inexhaustible and available virtually anywhere on Earth, represents an ideal resource. Kyocera has been developing solar energy technologies continuously since 1975, making solar power practical, affordable and widely available. Proven effective in residential, industrial and public facilities, solar energy is becoming a borderless resource, bringing power to areas previously without electricity.
Solar System for Large-scale Housing Complex (Germany)
Photo: MHH Solartechnik GmbH
Agricultural Solar Water Pump (Vietnam)
Power System for Medical Vaccine Refrigerator (North Africa)
Solar System for Telecommunications (U.S.A.)
Solar System for Icemaking (Marshall Islands)
Solar-Powered Community
PanaHome-City, Kobe (Japan)
Kyocera's solar power generating systems have been installed on 100 homes in Kobe's Seishinminami district in an effort to inspire community development that is "good both for people and the environment." Preliminary estimates indicate that these solar energy systems and other environment-friendly features will allow the community to reduce its total annual CO2 emissions by 250 tons per year.
Fine ceramics - Kyocera's core competence - include many high-performance materials that can help preserve the environment. We have developed a variety of environment-friendly products that take advantage of ceramic's superior resistance to abrasion, heat and corrosion. In addition, to ensure that all Kyocera products are environmentally sound, we have instituted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) program based on our Environmental Consciousness Evaluation System. Under this system, the "environmental consciousness" of products and technologies is evaluated in all divisions and R&D groups during development to facilitate the creation of environment-friendly products.
Diesel Fuel-Injection Components
Greater fuel-injection pressure can improve an engine's combustion efficiency. With superior resistance to heat and abrasion, Kyocera's fine ceramic components can help achieve higher fuel injection pressures than conventional materials will allow.
Ceramic honeycomb filters offer high thermal resistance and excellent air permeability. They are used with catalysts in applications ranging from exhaust gas purifiers and anti-pollution equipment to deodorizing.
Kyocera's a-Si drums allow printers and copiers to provide high-speed output with superior image resolution. Because they take the place of disposable components and offer exceptional durability, they also reduce operating costs and save resources.
Utilizing long-life components and technologies, including the innovative amorphous silicon (a-Si) photoreceptor drum, Kyocera's multifunctional document systems save resources and energy.
Fuel cells are attracting increased attention as a highly efficient source of clean energy. Kyocera's specially developed fine ceramics help create the next generation of solid oxide fuel cells.
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