Expanding sales of photovoltaic solar energy products led the company to create Kyocera Solar Corporation in Japan in 1996, and Kyocera Solar, Inc. in the U.S. in 1999.
Som en konsekvens af stigende salg af solceller, etableredes i 1996 Kyocera Solar Corp. i Japan og i 1999 Kyocera Solar, Inc. i USA.