One other China-based photo voltaic panel producer says it’s beginning a crystalline silicon photo voltaic panel meeting manufacturing facility in america. See all current U.S. manufacturing information right here.
Hounen Solar America, the U.S. division of China’s Zhejiang Hounen Photoelectric Co., Ltd., will make investments $33 million into an current 200,000-sq-ft facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to finally help 1 GW of annual photo voltaic panel manufacturing capability and 200 new jobs, the South Carolina Governor’s workplace reported this week.
“We’re excited to announce our first manufacturing operations in america,” stated Jufang Lv, Hounen Photo voltaic CEO. “Our new photo voltaic panel meeting plant will enable us to provide 1 GW crystalline silicon PV panels for markets within the U.S. We’re grateful for the assistance and help of the South Carolina group and look ahead to offering extra financial alternatives within the state.”
No timelines on hiring or manufacturing startup have been supplied.
C&D Clear Power, a renewable vitality provide chain service supplier primarily based in China, inked a deal last month with U.S. distributor Unicorn Photo voltaic to distribute 500 MW of C&D photo voltaic panels in america. In sales space shows at Intersolar North America, C&D stated it had native manufacturing in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in a constructing equivalent to the one wherein Hounen is organising. It seems as if C&D might white-label Hounen panels for distribution in america.
Photo voltaic Energy World is awaiting additional particulars from Hounen on the South Carolina manufacturing facility.
See a listing of U.S. photo voltaic producers right here.
