First Solar opens first phase of $330M South Carolina facility
- First Solar (FSLR) Wednesday inaugurated the first phase of its new facility in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, which onshores final production processes for the company’s Series 6 Plus modules initiated by the company’s international fleet.
- The second phase is forecast to be completed by mid-2027, at which time the approximately $330 million facility is expected to double its annual nameplate capacity to 3.4 gigawatts (GW) and produce the company’s CuRe technology, while supporting nearly 700 jobs.
- The sixth U.S. facility part of over $5B First Solar (FSLR) has invested in American manufacturing and R&D since 2019.
- Approximately 500 of those jobs have already been filled.
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