Canadian Photo voltaic says it’s establishing a 5 GW photo voltaic PV wafer manufacturing facility in Chonburi, Thailand.
The photo voltaic photovoltaic N-type wafer manufacturing plant is slated to start manufacturing in March. The photo voltaic wafers produced at this facility will initially be used on the current Thailand TOPCon cell manufacturing plant in the identical location. From 2025 onwards and as soon as the beforehand introduced 5 GW U.S. cell manufacturing facility in Jeffersonville, Ind., turns into absolutely operational, these wafers shall be used as inputs to the Indiana cell manufacturing facility.
“Establishing this photo voltaic wafer manufacturing facility in Thailand is a key milestone that may allow us to higher 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,” says Thomas Koerner, senior vp of Canadian Photo voltaic.
“Importantly, it would additionally permit us to responsibly meet the brand new necessities associated to the most recent and adjusted AD/CVD ruling by the U.S. Division of Commerce,” he provides.
