Articles Tagged with ''solar panel manufacturing''

SAN ANTONIO—Nexolon America is building a $100 million assembly plant here to make solar modules. The plant is expected to create more than 400 jobs.

WESTMINSTER, MD—Knorr Brake Corp., a manufacturer of braking systems for railcars, has installed an 865-kilowatt solar array on the roof of its assembly plant here. The system is expected to provide up to 60 percent of the plant’s energy requirements.

GOODYEAR, AZ—Monarch Power, a manufacturer of photovoltaic modules, has made an offer to buy Suntech’s solar panel assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed an instrument that identifies silicon wafers that are too fragile to make it through the photovoltaic manufacturing process.

SAN DIEGO—Soitec has opened a $150 million assembly plant here to make concentrator photovoltaic modules.

NORTH PORTLAND, OR—Solar panel manufacturer SoloPower will celebrate the grand opening of its $340 million assembly plant here today. The facility will employ 90 people by the end of the year.

HENDERSON, NC—Semprius Inc. will open its first solar panel assembly plant here this month, creating some 250 jobs.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—McCune Solar Works is in the final stages of negotiations to assume operations of the former Schott Solar assembly plant here. McCune plans to resume production at the plant next year, employing 130.

THORNTON, CO—Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. will make solar panels to help power Foxconn’s new electronics assembly plant in Zhenzhou City, China.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV—Despite more than $20 million in federal tax credits and grants, Amonix has closed its solar panel assembly plant here about a year after it opened.