1975
Kyocera helps to organize the Japan Solar Energy Corp. and begins research and development in the field of solar energy.

1976
PV (Photovoltaic) systems gain use in developmental programs around the globe. Kyocera begins to manufacture silicon solar cells.

1979
Kyocera installs 7kW PV system for microwave communications in Peru. Similar systems are now used in more than 10,000 locations in 60 nations.

1980
Full scale research, development and production of solar modules begins at Kyocera's Shiga Yohkaichi plant.

1981
Kyocera launches the world's first mass production of multicrystalline silicon PV modules using the casting method.

1983
Kyocera begins marketing solar products in North America.

1984
Kyocera establishes its Solar Energy Center in Sakura, Japan.

1988
Installs 50kW solar system at North American headquarters in San Diego.

Kyocera multicrystalline silicon solar cells (100cm2) achieve 15.5% efficiency, the world's highest energy conversion efficiency to date.

1989
Kyocera's multicrystalline silicon solar cells (225cm2) achieve 14.5%, the world's highest energy conversion efficiency to date.

1990
According to MITI, Kyocera holds top share among special public use solar system providers. Company's solar race car finishes third in the "World Solar Challenge" across Australia.

1991
Kyocera completes Japan's largest PV module production facility to date, with Capacity of 6 megawatts per year, and installs Japan's first "grid-connected" PV system in a general-use facility.

1995
Introduces world's largest mass-produced solar cells (the KC Series of (225 cm2).

1996
Achieves 17.1% energy conversion efficiency in developmental 15x15cm solar cells, solar world record in cells this size to date. Establishes Kyocera Solar Corporation to market, operate and service solar systems in Japan.

1997
Invests $50 million to expand solar production capacity to 36 megawatts per year.

1998
Kyocera becomes the largest solar module manufacturer in the world.

1999
Kyocera Solar, Inc. is established in Scottsdale, Arizona, to market solar energy products in the Americas and Australia; Kyocera becomes world's #1 producer of solar PV modules for second consecutive year.

2002
Total number of PV systems deployed in Japan reaches 30,000.

2003
Kyocera (Tianjin) Solar Energy Co, Ltd. is established in China.

2004
Kyocera announces the introduction of a new photovoltaic module featuring a breakthrough in energy conversion efficiency using d.Blue technology, a new Kyocera-developed cell-processing method. Kyocera's 15x15 centimeter multicrystalline silicon PV cell achieves the world's highest energy conversion efficiency to date (17.7 %)

2005
Kyocera unveils first "Solar Grove™" in San Diego, California.

2006
Kyocera's 15x15 centimeter multicrystalline silicon PV cell achieves the world's highest energy conversion efficiency to date (18.5%).

2007
Kyocera announces plans to expand its solar module manufacturing capacity to 500 megawatts.