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Through its US subsidiary, Mission Solar Energy, the Korean company will invest US$265 million in the construction of the plant.

The investment will allow the company to build a commercial-scale perovskite manufacturing plant in the US.

PV Talk: Alex Zhu, CEO of US-based solar cell manufacturer ES Foundry discusses why a heated litigation landscape led to a choice of PERC cell technology for the South Carolina factory, the fate of US tax credits and taking advantage of wafer surplus in southeast Asia.

The US has surpassed 50GW of annual nameplate capacity for module capacity, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Maxeon has reached an agreement-in-principle for the sale of Maxeon's EMEA, APAC and LATAM sales and marketing organisation to TCL Technology Group, the parent company of Maxeon’s majority shareholder, TCL Group.

Through its subsidiary, Toyo Solar, the company acquired 100% of membership interests in Houston-based Solar Plus Technology Texas.

The financing will go towards the company’s solar cell production and module assembly plant in Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina.

Vietnamese solar manufacturer Boviet Solar has started construction on its 2GW TOPCon module assembly plant in North Carolina, US, with the solar cell plant to follow suit.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film manufacturer First Solar has inaugurated a 3.5GW facility in Alabama, US.

In Q2 2024, Enphase Energy shipped 574,000 microinverters from its US facilities, which benefit from the 45X production tax credits.