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February 08, 2014

KYOCERA Solar Helps ABB Australia Reduce its Environmental Impact
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Feb 07, 2014
Kyocera Solar has announced that 100kW of Kyocera photovoltaic (PV) modules are now powering the Moorebank location of ABB Australia, a power and automation technologies provider that enables utility and industry companies to improve performance while lowering their environmental impact. The custom rooftop PV system installation of 400 high-efficiency, high-reliability Kyocera solar modules was completed in November 2013. The solar array is now fully operational and will offset 6% of the daily ene ... read more

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