Enel North America, through its subsidiary 3Sun USA, today announced the construction of one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in the United States. Initially, it is expected to produce at least 3 gigawatts (GW) and grow to 6 GW of high performance. Modules and bifacial photovoltaic cells per year. The facility will be one of the first in the United States to manufacture solar cells, a key part of the supply chain.
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The company's CEO, Enrico Vialli, cited a recent Biden administration bill passed in August to justify his decision:
Recent political winds from the Inflation Control Act have galvanized our American ambitions for solar power generation, ushering in a new era of "Made in America" power generation.
Construction of the Enel plant is expected to start in the first half of 2023.
An electrician asked Enel where the plant would be located and Giovanni Bertolino, president of 3Sun USA, answered Enel:
Enel is currently evaluating potential installation sites, taking into account factors such as land availability, skilled labour, transportation network connections, and tax and incentive regimes. We expect to make a final site selection by late 2022 and expect the facility to become operational at partial capacity in late 2024 and at full capacity in 2025.
As a result of this increase in production, up to 1,500 new jobs will be created. It will also improve the solar PV supply chain in the United States by increasing domestic manufacturing capacity for solar cells and panels.
Enel will bring its experience and expertise to its giant 3Sun plant in Catania, Italy, which Enel expects to be the largest manufacturer of high-performance bifacial photovoltaic modules in Europe. Enel intends to clone the Gigafactory in the US to produce double-sided heterojunction solar cells that capture more sunlight as the cells interact with light on the front and back surfaces.
There are currently less than five large solar module plants in operation in the US (more than 1 GW), while annual PV installations in the US are expected to increase from 16 GW in 2022 to 41 GW by year-end this year. . , end of 2025, according to SEIA and Wood Mackenzie.
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