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U.S. Solar Manufacturing Surges

The U.S. added a record-breaking 9.3 GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity in the third quarter, including five new or expanded factories in...

TOYO to Acquire Texas Solar Module Manufacturing Facility

TOYO has agreed, via its subsidiary TOYO Solar, to acquire 100% interest in Solar Plus Technology Texas, located in the Houston metropolitan area. The company...

Silfab Solar Raises $100M to Scale Domestic Cell Manufacturing Facility

Silfab Solar has closed on $100 million of new financing to scale its solar cell manufacturing plant in Fort Mills, S.C.  The $50 million equity...

FREYR Battery Acquires Trina Solar’s U.S. Manufacturing Assets

FREYR Battery has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. solar manufacturing assets of Trina Solar.  The transaction is subject to certain customary conditions...

SolarEdge Closes First Section 45X Credit Sale

SolarEdge Technologies has closed its first transaction for the sale of Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits for approximately $40 million, net of...

CPS Seeks Support for Manitoba Facility, Plans Stateside Manufacturing

Canadian Premium Sand (CPS) has provided an operational update for both its pattern solar glass manufacturing facility in Selkirk, Manitoba, as well as its...

Treasury Releases Final Rules Backing U.S. Solar Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS have released final rules for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit, also known as Section 45X...

ARCO/Murray to Build North Carolina Solar Manufacturing Hub

ARCO/Murray has been selected to lead the design and construction of Boviet Solar's 1.1 million square-foot solar module and solar cell manufacturing project in...

Boviet Solar North Carolina Plant to Begin Module Production Next Year

Boviet Solar Technology says the renovation of its new manufacturing facility in Greenville, N.C., is on schedule.  The first phase of the project began construction...

Heliene, TEP Partner on Expanded U.S. Solar Manufacturing Capacity

Heliene has closed on a $54 million strategic equity investment from Transition Equity Partners (TEP) in collaboration with a consortium of limited partners, including...

Runergy Alabama Module Manufacturing Facility Begins Production

Runergy has commenced production at its solar module manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Ala.  The facility, with an anticipated annual nameplate output of 2 GW, is...

First Solar Opens Major Alabama Facility

First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1 billion, vertically integrated thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Ala.  The facility, which the company says adds...

Heliene Bolstering Solar Manufacturing with Tax Credit Sale

Heliene has announced the sale of a $50 million Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit, facilitated by Basis Climate. Heliene is able to claim...

DYCM Power to Develop Solar Cell and Module Manufacturing Facility

DYCM Power says it plans to partner with Macquarie Capital in developing an $800 million solar cell and module manufacturing facility within the U.S.  The...

PV Panel Manufacturing Capacity Grows 4x Under Federal Incentives, Claims Report

Solar module manufacturing capacity in the United States now exceeds 31 GW, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q3 2024 report, released by...

Meyer Burger Abandons Plans for Solar Cell Production

Meyer Burger Technology says its planned construction of a solar cell production facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., is no longer financially viable for the...

TMEIC Announces Headquarters Relocation, Factory Expansion

TMEIC Corporation Americas is relocating its headquarters to Houston next March while also establishing a facility in Brookshire, Texas, dedicated to manufacturing utility-scale PV...

SEG Solar Inaugurates Houston Plant, Rolls Out First Module

SEG Solar has opened its PV manufacturing base in Houston, where the facility’s first 585 W YUKON N series module rolled off the production...

Illuminate USA Celebrates Producing 1M Solar Panels Within Six Months

Illuminate USA has manufactured its one millionth solar panel at the company’s facility in Pataskala, Ohio, six months since it began production. The company projects...

DOE to Finance Qcells Georgia Solar Manufacturing Facility

The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has made a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Qcells.  The loan guarantee will...

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