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Former automotive glass plant to be refurbished to make glass for First Solar panels

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:00:17 +0000

Glass company Vitro has entered into an agreement to make glass for First Solar thin-film solar panels at Vitro’s architectural glass production line in Cochranton, Pennsylvania. Vitro will invest $93.6 million to rebuild and modernize the production line at its Meadville Plant. “While much of the focus has been the role of clean energy manufacturing…

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CubicPV is narrowing down location search for 10-GW silicon wafer factory

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:00:26 +0000

There are multiple steps in the silicon solar panel manufacturing process: silicon is melted and shaped into ingots that are sliced into wafers, which then turn into cells that are finally assembled into a solar panel. The United States is trying to increase domestic manufacturing representation in each of these steps, but thus far, new…

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Mitrex is planning a 2.5-GW solar factory for panels and BIPV products

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:00:37 +0000

Canadian solar company Mitrex intends to open a 2.5-GW solar panel factory in the United States, with a final location choice announced soon. The company, which currently operates a 500-MW plant in Toronto, Ontario, that makes colored solar panels, BIPV cladding and traditional solar panels, expects the U.S. location to begin production in Q1 2024.…

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LG Energy Solution to make 16 GWh of LFP batteries for ESS in Arizona

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:41:47 +0000

LG Energy Solution will construct a battery manufacturing complex in Queen Creek, Arizona, that will make cylindrical batteries for EVs and lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) pouch batteries for energy storage systems. The Korean company will invest $5.5 billion into the two manufacturing facilities — $3.2 billion for the EV batteries and $2.3 billion for the LFP…

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Hanwha will start EVA sheet manufacturing near Qcells solar panel factory in Georgia

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:43:59 +0000

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp today announced that EVA and backsheet maker Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia intends to invest $147 million in a new manufacturing factory in Cartersville, Georgia. The facility will create more than 160 new jobs and supply encapsulant materials to Qcells solar panels made within the state. Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia is a…

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SEG Solar acquires Houston manufacturing facility for solar module assembly plans

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:24:59 +0000

SEG Solar says it has acquired a building in Houston, Texas, for its planned 2-GW solar module assembly factory. The site consists of 145,000 sq. ft of manufacturing and warehouse space and 16,000 sq. ft of office space. The company will move its global headquarters and administrative support from California to the site before the…

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China-based solar panel maker setting up 1-GW factory in South Carolina

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:12:54 +0000

Another China-based solar panel manufacturer says it is starting a crystalline silicon solar panel assembly factory in the United States. See all recent U.S. manufacturing news here. Hounen Solar America, the U.S. division of China’s Zhejiang Hounen Photoelectric Co., Ltd., will invest $33 million into an existing 200,000-sq-ft facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to eventually…

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5-GW LONGi solar panel factory is coming to Ohio

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:38:21 +0000

Renewable and clean energy developer Invenergy intends to partner with LONGi to support a 5-GW solar panel assembly factory in Ohio. Invenergy will invest more than $600 million through new venture Illuminate USA to acquire and build out a 1.1 million sq-ft building in Pataskala, Ohio, approximately 20 miles east of Columbus. The eventual largest…

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Silfab to start 1-GW solar cell manufacturing plant in the United States by 2024 The facility is likely to be in South Carolina.

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:21:20 +0000

After a successful second investment round, North American solar panel manufacturer Silfab Solar can now officially announce it is planning to open a third U.S. solar module production facility that will also include solar cell manufacturing. Silfab has been featured in local news reports out of Fort Mill, South Carolina, as shopping a manufacturing site…

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New tax incentives may not be enough to supercharge US inverter manufacturing

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:00:49 +0000

The Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives to jump-start U.S. solar product manufacturing have already yielded significant groundbreakings and expansion announcements for solar panel makers. Qcells, First Solar and JA Solar are just a few of the module manufacturers planning to open new facilities in the United States, even before the Dept. of the Treasury releases more…

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Linton to manufacture silicon equipment for solar panel makers within the United States

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:29:57 +0000

Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) announced it will produce solar silicon manufacturing equipment in the United States and intends to break ground on a U.S. factory in Q2 2023. The Rochester, New York-based company makes silicon-growing and crystal-processing equipment and has previously worked with Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd. in China to manufacture its equipment.…

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Kontrolmatik’s Pomega breaks ground on 3-GWh lithium battery factory in South Carolina

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:44:34 +0000

Kontrolmatik Technologies, via its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its previously announced 3-GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in South Carolina. As construction of its lithium-ion battery factory in Ankara, Turkey, nears completion, Kontrolmatik Technologies announced in December its plan to build a 500,000-sq-ft facility in Colleton County that is expected to…

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Hanwha will buy all of REC Silicon’s polysilicon coming out of Moses Lake for next 10 years

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 13:23:06 +0000

REC Silicon just announced that 100% of its polysilicon product at its Moses Lake factory will go to Hanwha Solutions for the next 10 years. The polysilicon factory in Washington has been dormant since being priced out of the Chinese market. Last year, Hanwha Solutions became the largest shareholder in REC Silicon, and its solar…

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JA Solar plans to open 2-GW solar panel factory in Phoenix

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:06:19 +0000

Chinese solar cell and module manufacturer JA Solar announced via the Arizona Commerce Authority that it intends to open a 2-GW solar panel assembly plant in Phoenix by the fourth quarter of 2023. The company will invest $60 million into a new manufacturing site and create 600 jobs. The site will produce solar panels for…

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Qcells will manufacture every part of a silicon solar panel in the United States The company announced a new ingot, wafer, cell and panel factory today

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:00:09 +0000

Qcells has announced it plans to invest more than $2.5 billion to establish a complete solar supply chain in the United States. In addition to its existing two solar module assembly facilities in Dalton, Georgia, the company will build a new factory in the state that will manufacture 3.3 GW of silicon ingots, wafers, cells…

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