Translucent Energy, a U.S. photo voltaic expertise firm, is getting into a joint-venture with Jordan-based photo voltaic panel producer Philadelphia Solar to deliver photo voltaic modules to the U.S. market. The corporate, at present working as Buying and selling Philadelphia Photo voltaic, plans to ascertain a U.S. manufacturing arm of Philadelphia Photo voltaic modules by the tip of this yr, with full U.S. manufacturing by 2024.
PHENEX module from Philadelphia Photo voltaic
Phillip Martin, COO of Translucent Vitality, advised Photo voltaic Energy World that the joint-venture has narrowed its U.S. location search to a few states and plans to announce its official location in December earlier than ordering manufacturing tools. The corporate will first produce mono-PERC photo voltaic panels earlier than transitioning to heterojunction expertise in 2025.
The photo voltaic panels will carry the Philadelphia Photo voltaic identify, already UL-listed and acknowledged as a Tier 1 provider. Philadelphia Photo voltaic at present operates a 580-MW photo voltaic panel manufacturing facility in Amman, Jordan. The U.S. photo voltaic panel manufacturing facility is predicted to have a 1.2-GW annual capability.
“Because the photo voltaic market continues to develop, we’re delighted to accomplice with Translucent Vitality to undertake this transformative step for our enterprise, first by rising our exports to the USA, and secondly by means of our deliberate 1.2-GW panel manufacturing facility in America,” stated Mohammad Shehadeh, CCO of Philadelphia Photo voltaic, in a press launch.
Nour Mousa, CEO of Translucent Vitality, is a founding father of Desert Applied sciences, a photo voltaic panel producer in Saudi Arabia. Mousa was excited about establishing a photo voltaic expertise firm again dwelling in america. Along with this photo voltaic panel joint-venture, Translucent Vitality additionally makes a containerized photo voltaic and storage system, known as Tau, for microgrids and off-grid conditions. The plan is to ascertain U.S. manufacturing for the Tau system as properly.
“With international provide chains dealing with unprecedented disruption, many U.S.-based photo voltaic builders are struggling to discover a dependable and cost-effective supply for his or her photo voltaic panels. The distinctive response we’re seeing from builders demonstrates that our three way partnership addresses a key market want,” Mousa stated in a press launch.
Philadelphia Photo voltaic at present will get its photo voltaic cells and wafers from Taiwan, however the mixed firm is taking a look at shoring up the U.S. manufacturing provide chain.
“We want to arrange full manufacturing — ingot, wafer and every part else — and introducing heterojunction expertise right here within the U.S.,” Morris advised Photo voltaic Energy World.
The U.S. panel manufacturing facility will make modules for each the residential and utility-scale markets. Philadelphia Photo voltaic at present makes 400- and 530-W modules. Morris stated the businesses are establishing distribution partnerships proper now however expects the preliminary 1.2-GW capability to be offered by means of main provide agreements.
