T1 Power has signed an settlement with Corning for home provide of silicon wafers for its photo voltaic panel manufacturing. Corning photo voltaic wafers made in Michigan will likely be shipped to T1’s photo voltaic cell facility in Austin, Texas, which can then be assembled into photo voltaic panels at T1’s Dallas manufacturing unit.
Corning’s solar wafer factory is at the moment underneath development in Hemlock, Michigan. The positioning will use polysilicon from close by Hemlock Semiconductor. The availability settlement with T1 is predicted to start within the second half of 2026.
Corning has additionally signed an agreement to produce wafers to Suniva, which can then make cells for Heliene. Moreover, Corning bought a photo voltaic panel meeting manufacturing unit in Phoenix from JA Photo voltaic and is working the location underneath the identify “American Panel Options (AMPS).” There was no affirmation on what cells are equipped to that plant.
“Corning is proud to assist meet the rising want for photo voltaic merchandise made in the US,” stated AB Ghosh, Corning VP and Normal Supervisor of Photo voltaic and Chairman and CEO of Hemlock Semiconductor. “We’re accelerating the ramp of our superior manufacturing capabilities to assist a resilient U.S. photo voltaic provide chain. Our settlement with T1 underscores the sturdy demand for high-quality, American-made photo voltaic applied sciences. By constructing foundational infrastructure in Michigan, we’re including good-paying manufacturing jobs, strengthening the U.S. photo voltaic trade and advancing a extra energy-independent future for the nation.”
T1’s Austin cell manufacturing unit is predicted to start manufacturing in 2026. The corporate’s panel manufacturing unit in Dallas has been in operation for the final two years, first underneath the Trinasolar name.
