SEG Photo voltaic is establishing a photovoltaic module manufacturing plant in Houston with an anticipated annual capability of greater than 2 GW.
The power, which is anticipated to start development on the finish of 2022 and be totally operational by mid-2023, might be outfitted with three state-of-the-art manufacturing strains able to producing high-efficiency N-type TOPCon photo voltaic modules with 182 mm or 210 mm photo voltaic cells.
The event of this facility is the subsequent step in SEG’s long-term product localization technique designed to raised serve prospects in the US.
“SEG could be very excited to enter the U.S. manufacturing market at the moment,” says Jim Wooden, CEO of SEG. “The institution of this facility now is sensible on plenty of completely different ranges because of the latest incentives for photo voltaic manufacturing included within the Inflation Discount Act and the present legislative local weather. This plant will give SEG extra management over the provision chain and simplify transportation logistics, thereby offering prospects with aggressive pricing and much more assurance of on-time deliveries.”
SEG is dedicated to sourcing parts and different supplies for the manufacturing of the modules at this facility from native suppliers in the US. Because of this, SEG anticipates that the modules manufactured at this facility will qualify for native content material incentives and keep away from or considerably scale back most of the tariffs and different restrictions going through producers exterior of the US. The modules produced at this facility might be “Assembled within the U.S.” and might also be eligible for sure different certifications.