Press Mention PV Magazine October 6, 2021
SACE Referenced
NanoPV to open manufacturing plant in Georgia
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NanoPV, a New Jersey-based solar panel manufacturer, will open a $36 million production facility in Americus, Georgia, creating approximately 500 jobs. The article references a recent SACE report projecting that Georgia will surpass North Carolina in installed solar capacity within five years. The expansion reflects growing solar manufacturing activity in the Southeast, following Q Cells' 2019 factory opening in Dalton, Georgia.
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NanoPV to open manufacturing plant in Georgia
The company is investing $36 million into a facility to manufacture crystalline silicon and thin film modules, creating around 500 jobs.
October 7, 2021 Tim Sylvia
NanoPV, a New Jersey-based crystalline silicon and thin film solar panel manufacturing company, will open a production line and distribution facility about 150 miles south of Atlanta.
NanoPV will operate in an existing 56,000-square-foot facility in Americus. The company will invest an estimated $36 million into the facility, which is expected to create some 500 jobs. Positions will be available in solar manufacturing, quality control, operations and maintenance, research and development, and marketing.
NanoPV has crystalline silicon and thin film silicon solar panel manufacturing facilities, as well as solar farms using NanoPV technologies, in various global locations.
A recent report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) projected that, within the next five years, Georgia will surpass North Carolina, the south's longtime leader in installed solar capacity, in both total installed capacity and on a solar watts per customer ratio.
In 2020 Florida surpassed North Carolina in terms of total installed capacity and South Carolina eclipsed it on the solar watts per customer ratio.
In September 2019, Q Cells opened a 300,000 -sq-ft factory in Dalton, Georgia, which has the capacity to produce 12,000 PV modules per day and 1.7 GW worth annually.
It has not yet been shared what the production capacity of NanoPV's facility will be.