SolarCycle sells out its glass supply before factory is built
The company announced last year its intentions to start a glass production facility in Georgia that will use some recycled glass in its process. The facility is shovel-ready, and
Solar recycling firm Solarcycle also aims to build a solar glass facility in the US, which would be located in Polk County, Georgia. The facility would use recycled materials from retired solar panels to produce new solar glass, a “first-of-its-kind” according to the company at the time.
Production is expected to begin in 2026, with an annual nameplate capacity of between 5GW and 6GW. The project represents a US$344 million investment. More recently the company signed a supply deal with US chemical producer Genesis Alkali to support the production of solar glass for its Georgia facility.
The company spotted the opportunity in this segment quite early and commissioned the solar glass manufacturing facility at Bharuch in Indian State of Gujarat in January 2010. Over the last 5 years, the solar PV installations and module production across the world have grown exponentially.
First Solar plans to build a new solar panel manufacturing factory in the US. The company announced this on Tuesday following the Inflation Reduction Act, which incentivizes domestic manufacturing. First Solar will invest up to $1 billion in the new factory, which it plans to build in the Southeast of the US.
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