CS PowerTech opens first phase of solar cell facility in Indiana, US

CS PowerTech, a US-based manufacturing subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has opened the archetypal signifier of its photovoltaic compartment manufacturing works astatine the River Ridge Commerce Center successful Jeffersonville, Indiana.

This installation is reported to beryllium the archetypal successful the US designed to nutrient heterojunction (HJT) bifacial N-type star cells, according to the company.

It is expected to play a cardinal relation successful processing a home proviso concatenation for star technology.

The institution states that this inaugural aims to fortify vigor infrastructure and enactment the resourcing of precocious manufacturing wrong the US.

At afloat capacity, the Jeffersonville works could nutrient much than 6GW-peak (GWp) of star cells each twelvemonth and make much than 1,200 skilled jobs successful confederate Indiana.

The full section concern for the task is projected by the institution to beryllium astir $1bn.

The caller tract volition run alongside CS PowerTech's module manufacturing works successful Mesquite, Texas, arsenic portion of an integrated proviso strategy aimed astatine serving US customers.

CS PowerTech president Rusty Schmit said: "This installation volition nutrient next-generation HJT star cells, enactment home manufacturing and yet fortify grid reliability arsenic our customers deploy the products.

"We are arrogant to put successful Indiana's workforce and enactment with determination partners to physique a semipermanent centre of excellence for star exertion and precocious manufacturing."

Canadian Solar CEO Colin Parkin said: "HJT exertion is captious for the adjacent procreation of high-efficiency, high-performance star modules, and this works gives CS PowerTech the quality to present starring technology, improved vigor output and semipermanent worth for customers portion strengthening home precocious manufacturing."

CS PowerTech plans to ramp up accumulation to afloat capableness for the archetypal signifier implicit the coming months and statesman enactment connected a 2nd signifier of enlargement earlier the extremity of the year.

In April 2025, e-STORAGE, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, was awarded a declaration by the Chilean vigor institution Colbún to present a artillery vigor retention strategy with a capableness of 228MW/912MW-hours for the Diego de Almagro Sur project.

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