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Kyocera's History in Solar Energy
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| 1975 |
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| Research and development of solar cells begins |
 Kyocera establishes the Japan Solar Energy Corp. (JSEC) as a joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation and Tyco Laboratories Inc., to engage in the research and development of solar cells. |
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| 1979 |
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| Product shipments begin |
 Kyocera receives an order from NEC for an 8kW system to power a microwave communications station installed 4,000 meters above sea level in Peru. This is the first large-scale solar power generating system to be produced using the edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) process. |
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| 1980 |
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| Mass production begins at Yohkaichi Plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
 Full-scale research, development, and manufacturing of solar cells, related products and other solar thermal energy systems begins at Yohkaichi Plant in Shiga Prefecture. |
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| 1980 |
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| Industry's first solar-powered street lamps introduced |
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| 1976 |
Development and production of solar modules using silicon ribbon crystal. |
| 1980 |
Development and marketing of the natural-circulation / thermosyphon solar hot water systems "Warm Sun." |
| 1981 |
Development and marketing of forced-circulatory solar hot water supply systems (“Son of Sun”). |
| 1981 |
Development and marketing of vacuum-tube type heat collector AV series for industrial use. |
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