Tag: domestic

  • Linton Crystal Technologies to produce solar ingot, wafer equipment in United States

    Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT), headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., announced today it will produce semiconductor and solar manufacturing equipment in the United States. This is the first Inflation Reduction Act related announcement for producing solar machine tools in the United States. LCT plans to break ground in Q2 2023. “We’ve been working on this plan for……

  • Hanwha, LG Energy Solutions to build U.S.-based battery production

    Hanwha Group’s U.S. manufacturing and supply chain investments continue, this time with LG Energy Solution. The two signed a memorandum of understanding in Seoul and plan to invest in building battery production facilities in the United States. The two companies will also pursue technology cooperation for developing advanced ESS solutions tailored for commercial, industrial and utility market….…

  • Qcells’ multi-billion-dollar U.S. solar module manufacturing plan is officially in motion

    Qcells is officially putting its big investment in a U.S.-based solar PV module supply chain in motion, breaking ground on a massive new complex in its Georgia hub. All in, this is a $2.5 billion investment in the only fully-integrated, silicon-based solar supply chain from raw material to finished PV panels in the United States….…

  • U.S. solar wafer manufacturing coming online via CubicPV

    The United States has a pretty good amount of domestic solar module manufacturers. What the U.S. lacks is the on-shore supply of the components that comprise those modules, like silicon wafers, which are needed to create solar cells. Currently there is no high-volume silicon wafer production in the United States. The hope is the domestic……

  • ABF’s LFP battery cell gigafactory is a go in Arizona

    Domestic lithium battery supply chain is a key component of the near and longer-term energy transition. Tucson, Ariz. has been selected as the site for the first in a planned series of American Battery Factory (ABF) battery cell gigafactories based in the United States. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and ABF President and CEO Paul Charles……