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" alt="Georgia solar manufacturing" loading="lazy"/><p>
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Seoul-headquartered PV solar-cell manufacturing giant
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<a href="https://www.q-cells.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Q Cells</a>
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today announced that it’s opening a new solar panel manufacturing
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facility in Dalton, Georgia.
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</p><h2>
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Georgia solar panel manufacturing grows again
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</h2><p>
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It’s a $171 million expansion of Q Cells’ existing solar module
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manufacturing plant in Dalton, and that will create 470 additional
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jobs. Total local Q Cells employees will exceed 1,000 when the
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expansion is complete.
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Groundbreaking is planned for fall 2022 and operation is expected
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to commence within the first half of 2023.
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</p><p>
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This latest domestic solar manufacturing expansion will boost
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production of advanced photovoltaic (PV) modules, and that will
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help the US work move toward its goal of decarbonizing the
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electric grid.
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The new facility will produce 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar modules
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per year made with Q Cells’ next-gen PV cells, a high-efficiency
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tunnel oxide passivated contact technology better known as TOPCon.
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</p><p>
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Combined with the existing 1.7-GW factory, the expansion will
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bring Q Cells’ total capacity in the US to 3.1 GW; that’s
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equivalent to one-third of the country’s solar module
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manufacturing capacity.
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</p><p>Qcells CEO Justin Lee said:</p><blockquote><p>
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Georgia has become the clean energy manufacturing heart of
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America, and we are proud to contribute to the state’s advanced
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manufacturing economy.
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</p></blockquote><p>
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Q Cells has the largest market share in the US commercial and
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residential markets and also supplies the utility-scale solar
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sector.
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</p><p>
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Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) met with Q Cells’ parent company
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Hanwha in Seoul last year and has been actively pitching and
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securing additional clean energy investment in Georgia.
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</p><div class="embed-placeholder" data-type="twitter" data-id="1529811248258371590"><blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">
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NEWS: Today, Sen.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/ossoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ossoff</a>
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and
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Qcells_NA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Qcells_NA</a>
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announced a $171 million expansion of their Dalton, Georgia
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solar manufacturing plant, creating nearly 500 new Georgia
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jobs.
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<a href="https://t.co/5bWGfUb3RQ">pic.twitter.com/5bWGfUb3RQ</a>
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</p>
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<p>
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— Ossoff's Office (@SenOssoff)
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<a href="https://twitter.com/SenOssoff/status/1529811248258371590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2022</a>
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</p>
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</blockquote></div><p>
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Ossoff also recently helped secure <a href="https://electrek.co/2022/05/20/hyundai-motor-group-announces-its-first-dedicated-ev-facilities-coming-to-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hyundai’s investment in electric vehicles</a>
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that will create over 8,000 jobs in Bryan County.
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</p><h2>
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Washington, Georgia, embraces solar
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</h2><p>
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Also in Georgia,
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<a href="https://wesolarcsp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WeSolar CSP</a>, a minority-owned renewable energy tech and design company
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headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, will design a solar farm
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along with a microgrid that will supply the City of Washington,
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Georgia, that will replace natural gas use. Washington is 90 miles
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east of Atlanta and has a population of around 4,000.
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</p><p>
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The project will comprise both solar panels and a concentrating
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solar-thermal power (CSP) technology.
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</p><p>WeSolar CSP’s CEO, Steve Anglin, said:</p><blockquote><p>
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The citizens of the City of Washington will benefit by having a
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cleaner environment and experiencing price certainty in the face
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of the ever-increasing energy costs of fossil fuels.
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</p></blockquote><p><em>Photo: Hanwha Q Cells</em></p><p>
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solar installers in your region for personalized solar
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estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to
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