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Trina Solar investing $200M to build 5-GW PV manufacturing facility in Texas

Trina Solar investing $200M to build 5-GW PV manufacturing facility in Texas
(Trina Solar’s 210mm n-type i-TOPCon cells roll off production line. Credit: Trina Solar)

Trina Solar, a provider of solar products and solutions, has announced it will build a more than 1 million square foot solar photovoltaic manufacturing facility in Wilmer, Texas. The company is investing more than $200 million in property and equipment.

When completed, the facility will provide 1,500 local jobs, produce 5 GW of modules, and source polysilicon from the United States and Europe. Starting in 2024, the facility will produce large power output Vertex modules using 210mm large-size wafers.

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Trina has been US-based and regionally focused since 2006 and it incorporated in the U.S. in 2009. Last year, Trina partnered with the affordable housing nonprofit Foundation Communities and Spear Commercial & Industrial to build a solar project in a low-income housing project in Austin, Texas.

Since its founding 26 years ago, Trina Solar has shipped more than 150 GW of modules, generating green power for customers in more than 100 countries and regions.