KYOCERA Solar Lights Up Arco Metropolitano, Brazil's Largest Solar-Powered Highway
August 05 2015 - 08:07AM
Business Wire
More than 4,300 solar streetlights illuminate
73km of the superhighway
Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today that
Kyocera is completing Brazil’s largest highway solar-lighting
project on the Arco Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro, a highway
project connecting the five main highways crossing Rio de Janeiro.
Slightly more than half of the 145-kilometer highway will be lit at
night by stand-alone solar streetlights powered by Kyocera solar
modules, installed by Soter over the last two years with funding
from the Rio de Janeiro State Government.
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Kyocera is completing Brazil's largest
highway solar-lighting project on the Arco Metropolitano do Rio de
Janeiro, a highway project connecting the five main highways
crossing Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: Business Wire)
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more information.
This enormous transportation initiative is helping to streamline
transit logistics, improve traffic and reduce importing costs
throughout the region — especially for industries such as
petrochemicals, which export from the Port of Itaguaí. Improved
transportation is expected to stimulate economic growth in this
rural region, which was not easily accessible in the past.
The 3.2MW (DC) solar lighting project encompasses more than
4,300 solar-powered, free-standing streetlights, which are expected
to produce 2.8GWh of solar energy per year. That’s equivalent to
the amount of power used by approximately 1,527 average homes and
equal to the carbon dioxide emissions that 1,583 acres of forest
would offset. According to a World Energy Outlook Report from 2013,
almost 45% of Brazil’s primary energy demand is met by renewable
energy, making Brazil’s energy sector one of the least
carbon-intensive in the world.
“Kyocera continues to be dedicated to solar solutions that are
helpful in rural areas,” said Sergio Beninca, President of Kyocera
Solar do Brasil. “This solar lighting project helps contribute by
not overburdening the energy grid system that many lower-income
households in the area depend on.”
“From preliminary reports, the Brazilian government expects Arco
Metropolitano to provide 16,000 jobs to the region and generate
US$90 million in tax revenue from sales tax generated at the
municipal and federal levels, while bringing together parts of the
country that were not easily accessible before,” Beninca continued.
“Utilizing solar power allows the Brazilian government to deliver
reliable light on the highway in areas without a traditional
electricity grid. We’re honored to deliver a simple,
energy-efficient solution to help advance this very important
project for Brazil.”
The Kyocera Solar Streetlight Kit, available now, includes: one
150W LED lamp, three solar modules (Kyocera KD250), four 240Ah/
12Vcc batteries, one controller (TS-MPPT-45/ 48Vcc), one photocell,
and one pole with mounting structures.
About KYOCERA
Kyocera is a world leader in solar photovoltaic modules and
systems, with a 40-year history of innovation in solar technology
and multiple world records in multicrystalline silicon cell
efficiency. The company serves thousands of residential and
industrial customers in both developed and developing regions, with
more than 6 gigawatts of solar collection equipment installed since
1975.
Kyocera Solar, Inc. is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ,
with regional sales affiliates in the Americas, and solar module
manufacturing facilities operated by Kyocera Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
of Tijuana, Mexico.
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971), the parent
and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959
as a producer of fine ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”).
By combining these engineered materials with metals and integrating
them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier
of solar power generating systems, mobile phones, printers,
copiers, electronic components, semiconductor packages, cutting
tools and industrial ceramics. During the year ended March 31,
2015, the company’s net sales totaled 1.53 trillion yen (approx.
$12.7 billion). Kyocera appears on the latest listing of the “Top
100 Global Innovators” by Thomson Reuters, and is ranked #552 on
Forbes magazine’s 2015 “Global 2000” listing of the world’s largest
publicly traded companies.
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