Kyocera has begun manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, California, to serve the U.S. market's growing demand. The U.S. module production line will support a new milestone for Kyocera's solar energy business to reach 1,000 MW of solar cells per year by March 2013.

The new solar manufacturing line has an initial production target of 30 MW per year, with modules ranging from 210 watts to the company's latest flagship 235-watt modules.

In addition to the new production operations in San Diego, Kyocera currently has solar module production facilities in Japan, China, the Czech Republic and Mexico.

[source: Kyocera]