{"id":100455,"date":"2022-11-14T11:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T16:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/?p=100455"},"modified":"2022-11-15T07:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:53:22","slug":"philadelphia-solar-panels-to-begin-u-s-manufacturing-through-jv-with-translucent-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2022\/11\/philadelphia-solar-panels-to-begin-u-s-manufacturing-through-jv-with-translucent-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Solar panels to begin US manufacturing through JV with Translucent Energy
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Translucent Energy<\/a>, a U.S. solar technology company, is entering a joint-venture with Jordan-based solar panel manufacturer Philadelphia Solar<\/a> to bring solar modules to the U.S. market. The company, currently operating as Trading Philadelphia Solar, plans to establish a U.S. manufacturing arm of Philadelphia Solar modules by the end of this year, with full U.S. production by 2024.<\/p>\n

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PHENEX module from Philadelphia Solar<\/p><\/div>\n

Phillip Martin, COO of Translucent Energy, told\u00a0Solar Power World\u00a0<\/em>that the joint-venture has narrowed its U.S. location search to three states and plans to announce its official location in December before ordering manufacturing equipment. The company will first produce mono-PERC solar panels before transitioning to heterojunction technology<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n

The solar panels will carry the Philadelphia Solar name, already UL-listed and recognized as a Tier 1 supplier. Philadelphia Solar currently operates a 580-MW solar panel factory in Amman, Jordan. The U.S. solar panel factory is expected to have a 1.2-GW annual capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the solar market continues to expand, we are delighted to partner with Translucent Energy to undertake this transformative step for our business, first by growing our exports to the USA, and secondly through our planned 1.2-GW panel factory in America,\u201d said Mohammad Shehadeh, CCO of Philadelphia Solar, in a press release.<\/p>\n

Nour Mousa, CEO of Translucent Energy, is a founder of Desert Technologies, a solar panel manufacturer in Saudi Arabia. Mousa was interested in establishing a solar technology company back home in the United States. In addition to this solar panel joint-venture, Translucent Energy also makes a containerized solar and storage system, called Tau, for microgrids and off-grid situations. The plan is to establish U.S. manufacturing for the Tau system as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith global supply chains facing unprecedented disruption, many U.S.-based solar developers are struggling to find a reliable and cost-effective source for their solar panels. The exceptional response we are seeing from developers demonstrates that our joint venture addresses a key market need,\u201d Mousa said in a press release.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Solar currently gets its solar cells and wafers from Thailand, but the combined company is looking at shoring up the U.S. manufacturing supply chain.<\/p>\n

“We are looking to set up full manufacturing \u2014 ingot, wafer and everything else \u2014 and introducing heterojunction technology here in the U.S.,” Martin told Solar Power World. <\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. panel factory will make modules for both the residential and utility-scale markets. Philadelphia Solar currently makes 400- and 530-W modules. Martin said the companies are establishing distribution partnerships right now but expects the initial 1.2-GW capacity to be sold through major supply agreements.<\/p>\n

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Updated Nov. 15 to update the country of origin for cells and wafers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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