Qcells has accomplished its Dalton, Ga., manufacturing unit enlargement, including 2 GW of photo voltaic manufacturing capability and bringing the manufacturing unit’s output to greater than 5.1 GW.
Qcells says the Dalton manufacturing unit is the biggest manufacturing plant of its sort within the Western Hemisphere and the primary photo voltaic panel plant enlargement because the passage of the Inflation Discount Act (IRA).
This addition marks the primary section of Qcells’ $2.5 billion funding introduced in January.
The Dalton manufacturing unit will assemble two new photo voltaic merchandise: the Q.TRON G2 residential photo voltaic panel and a bifacial panel for the business and utility markets. The manufacturing unit will manufacture practically 30,000 photo voltaic panels per day.
“Finishing this manufacturing unit marks the third enlargement we’ve made in Dalton, and it’s only the start of Qcells’ bigger mission to construct a totally built-in photo voltaic provide chain in America,” says Justin Lee, CEO of Qcells.
Qcells opened its first manufacturing unit in Georgia in 2019 and employed 750 individuals to fabricate 1.7 GW of photo voltaic. Final 12 months, Qcells introduced a plan so as to add 1.4 GW to its manufacturing output and rent 535 extra individuals.
Past Dalton, Qcells’ $2.5 billion funding contains the event of a totally built-in photo voltaic provide chain manufacturing unit in Cartersville, Ga., that can manufacture photo voltaic ingots, wafers, cells and completed panels.
By 2024, between the Dalton and Cartersville amenities, Qcells anticipates its photo voltaic manufacturing capability to achieve 8.4 GW a 12 months.
