{"id":173445,"date":"2023-01-10T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T22:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=173445"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T22:50:53","slug":"solar-co-announces-first-u-s-solar-module-manufacturing-facility-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=173445","title":{"rendered":"Solar Co. Announces First U.S. Solar Module Manufacturing Facility In Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"
JA Solar<\/a>, a global solar cell and module manufacturing leader, announced today it has leased space for its first manufacturing facility in the U.S. in Phoenix, Arizona. The new facility will produce high-performance photovoltaic (PV) products, and is expected to be operational by Q4 2023, creating over 600 new jobs.<\/div>\n

Representing a $60 million investment, the new facility will utilize highly automated assembly lines to produce high-efficiency solar panels (PV modules) for commercial and residential rooftop applications, as well as for utility-scale solar power plants deployment with annual production capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) once it is fully functional.<\/p>\n

\u201cArizona is proud to welcome JA Solar\u2019s first U.S. manufacturing facility to Phoenix,\u201d said Governor Katie Hobbs. \u201cThere\u2019s no better place in the world for sustainable industries like solar and we are excited to see this facility add to Arizona\u2019s clean energy reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited to be able to set up the first U.S. solar module manufacturing facility in Arizona to provide our customers in the U.S. the flexibility and ease of access to JA Solar\u2019s high-performance PV products,\u201d said Aiqing Yang, President of JA Solar. \u201cJA Solar thanks all the partners in Arizona, especially the ACA, GPEC, and the City of Phoenix for their great support and tremendous assistance during the entire process of site selection and space leasing in preparation to establish the manufacturing facility. Solar is a critical part of renewable energy and we are thrilled to be a part of the effort to meet the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJA Solar\u2019s new facility showcases Arizona\u2019s attractiveness as a global manufacturing destination,\u201d said Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. \u201cWe are grateful JA Solar will manufacture its high-efficiency solar panels in Phoenix, enhancing Arizona\u2019s renewable energy industry.\u201d
\nOnce operational, JA Solar\u2019s Phoenix facility will be the largest manufacturing site of solar\/PV products in Arizona with a capacity of 2 gigawatts.<\/p>\n

\u201cInnovations in clean technology allow Greater Phoenix to produce the power requisite for promoting job growth throughout the region,\u201d said Chris Camacho, President and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. \u201cWe are excited to support JA Solar in its expansion to Phoenix, creating more than 600 jobs for local residents and sustainably bolstering energy production in the region to enable economic transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSolar and advanced manufacturing facilities are a focus of the economic future of Phoenix and we are honored that JA Solar chose our city for this investment,\u201d said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. \u201cPhoenix has the workforce and infrastructure, plus a great power provider in SRP, to attract the project to locate here. JA Solar will help us further the City\u2019s Climate Action Plan by moving our city forward towards being carbon neutral as well as employing more than 600 people.\u201d<\/p>\n

JA Solar\u2019s new facility builds on recent renewable energy announcements throughout the state including battery manufacturers Sion Power<\/a> and American Battery Factory<\/a> in Tucson and solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger<\/a> in Goodyear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JA Solar, a global solar cell and module manufacturing leader, announced today it has leased space for its first manufacturing facility in the U.S. in Phoenix, Arizona. The new facility will produce high-performance photovoltaic (PV) products, and is expected to be operational by Q4 2023, creating over 600 new jobs. Representing a $60 million investment, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-173445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growth-enterprise","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}