TheKyoto-based company raised its full-year PV panel shipment target from 1GW to1.2GW, underscoring strong demand for solar modules since Japan’s July 2012introduction of a feed-in tariff for renewable energy projects.
Kyocera’sgroup net sales jumped 15% on the year to ¥699.7bn, with strong PV demandoffsetting a sales decline in its core digital consumer products business.
“Thesolar energy market in Japan grew significantly compared with the previousfirst half, due primarily to strong growth in demand in the public andcommercial sectors,” the company said in an online statement.
