Sunpreme to Build Cell and Module Facility This Year
SANTA CLARA, CA—Sunpreme, a solar cell and bifacial panel maker, has announced plans to build a Texas manufacturing facility in 2019. Envisioned in two phases, the plant’s capacity will eventually ramp to 400 megawatts of production.
Sunpreme expects the first 136-megawatt phase to come online early this year, with an additional 260 megawatts added later in 2019, depending on funding streams. According to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, it’s the first investment in added U.S. cell capacity following the Section 201 tariff announcement by the Trump Administration.