PVTIME – Recently, US solar cell manufacturer Suniva announced that its solar cell plant in Georgia has officially resumed production. Suniva is the first US-based solar company to resume commercial production of silicon-based modules.
Suniva did not provide a timeframe for when it expects to reach full capacity following the resumption of production. As planned, the company will increase the annual production capacity of the plant in phases, targeting 1GW in the first phase and planning to increase capacity. In addition, Suniva has signed a three-year, $400 million purchase and sale agreement with Heliene, a North American solar module manufacturer, to use its US-produced solar cells in solar modules manufactured at Heliene’s Minnesota facility.
Suniva is the oldest and largest manufacturer of monocrystalline solar cells in North America. Suniva was formed in 2007 from one of the world’s leading photovoltaic research institutions, the University Center for Excellence in Photovoltaics at Georgia Tech, and research funded by the US Department of Energy. Suniva has established itself as an innovation leader, having issued and licensed more than 150 patents related to solar cell development in our 16-year history.
In 2008, Suniva built its first manufacturing plant in Norcross, Georgia, with an initial capacity of 32MW, which was gradually expanded to over 450MW. However, Suniva filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and the Georgia plant was closed and idled due to a lack of competitiveness.
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