Canadian Photo voltaic at this time introduced it’s establishing a 5-GW photo voltaic wafer manufacturing facility in Chonburi, Thailand. This n-type wafer manufacturing plant will start manufacturing in March 2024.
Canadian Photo voltaic TOPCon module
The photo voltaic wafers produced at this manufacturing facility will initially be used at Canadian Photo voltaic’s current TOPCon cell manufacturing plant in Thailand in the identical location. As soon as Canadian Photo voltaic’s just-announced photo voltaic cell manufacturing operation in Indiana will get began in 2025, then the wafers from Thailand will provide the U.S. manufacturing facility.
“Establishing this photo voltaic wafer manufacturing facility in Thailand is a key milestone that can allow us to raised serve our U.S. clients with a extra diversified and resilient provide chain, complementing our not too long ago introduced investments within the U.S. in photo voltaic cell and photo voltaic module manufacturing,” stated Thomas Koerner, senior VP of Canadian Photo voltaic. “Importantly, it would additionally permit us to responsibly meet the brand new necessities associated to the newest and adjusted AD/CVD ruling by the U.S. Division of Commerce.”
Canadian Photo voltaic expects to open a 5-GW photo voltaic panel meeting facility in Texas earlier than the tip of this yr. The corporate will make TOPCon photo voltaic panels for the utility-scale market. Canadian Photo voltaic additionally has manufacturing operations in China, Brazil, Vietnam and Thailand, and can use supplies from these services till the U.S. operations will get extra established.
