Grant CameronCOURTESY QCELLS — Qcells will be starting construction on a $2.5-billion solar module manufacturing plant in an industrial park in Cartersville, Ga. in April.
The company presently has a plant in Dalton in Whitfield County and is already adding a second facility to the plant. Qcells is the only company in the U.S. to establish such a fully integrated, silicon-based solar supply chain from raw material to finished panel. The solar industry has experienced an average annual growth rate of 33 per cent for the last decade, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Supply chain challenges disrupted that growth in 2022, with a 23 per cent decline in installations compared to 2021.