Surplus manufacturing tools from photo voltaic shingle producer GAF Vitality is up for public sale after the corporate introduced it might shut its R&D facility in San Jose, California, and relocate its headquarters to Texas.
Gear contained in the San Jose facility.
Roofing specialist GAF began an vitality division and launched a nailable Timberline Solar shingle in January 2022. The corporate initially labored out of a 50-MW facility in San Jose after which opened a second manufacturing location in Georgetown, Texas, in 2023. Eventually verify, the Georgetown website has a 250-MW annual manufacturing capability, and employees produce photo voltaic singles consisting of photo voltaic cells laminated onto TPO roofing materials.
In October, GAF Vitality laid off 138 employees in California, efficient Dec. 13. The corporate additionally introduced it might transfer its official headquarters and focus its manufacturing efforts to Georgetown.
“In mild of ongoing modifications within the photo voltaic trade, we’re aligning our enterprise and our workforce to deal with key markets the place photo voltaic is most compelling for builders and owners,” mentioned GAF Vitality President Martin DeBono in an announcement.
The San Jose website is now auctioning off surplus tools. A second surplus sale is occurring in Texas.
Earlier this 12 months, GAF Vitality unveiled its second evolution of the Timberline Photo voltaic product, with elevated energy output. The ES 2 product reached 57 W per shingle.
Photo voltaic Energy World has reached out to GAF Vitality officers to get an replace on the corporate’s photo voltaic shingle enterprise in Texas and past.
Timberline Photo voltaic ES 2
