Nextpower, previously Nextracker, is increasing its operations within the Southeast with a brand new distant monitoring heart in Nashville, Tennessee, and growing its U.S. metal fabrication capability within the area. The addition of a brand new fabrication line, operated by MSS Metal Tubes USA primarily based in Memphis, will double Nextpower’s manufacturing capability with the contract producer for photo voltaic tracker techniques used throughout the Southeast. The prevailing metal fabrication line on the facility at present helps 120 U.S. jobs, with 150 extra anticipated as the brand new line ramps up.
“The Southeast has entered a brand new period of vitality infrastructure,” mentioned Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextpower. “This new U.S. manufacturing line with our associate MSS not solely doubles our Memphis manufacturing unit manufacturing capability for photo voltaic trackers, nevertheless it additionally helps our prospects scale tasks sooner, brings new American jobs and strengthens our provide chain. Silicon Ranch pioneered utility-scale photo voltaic within the Southeast and continues to paved the way in delivering top quality tasks that serve the area’s growing demand for electrical energy. Nextpower has been proud to assist them for greater than a decade, and collectively, we’re powering what’s subsequent.”
In accordance with the Southern Alliance for Clear Vitality, the Southeast added 5 GW of photo voltaic in 2024 alone, pushing complete capability to almost 28 GW, and is on observe to almost double that complete to 54 GW by 2030. With this new distant monitoring heart, Nextpower will remotely join engineers to photo voltaic tracker tasks globally.
“Nextpower’s enlargement is a strong instance of the innovation and financial momentum going down throughout Tennessee,” mentioned Josh Brown, president and CEO of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Trade. “This funding helps new jobs, deepens our state’s manufacturing capabilities and positions Tennessee to stay a nationwide chief as demand for clear vitality and superior infrastructure accelerates. We’re proud to assist companions like Nextpower, MSS Metal Tubes and Silicon Ranch as they place Tennessee on the heart of America’s clear vitality development.”
In November, Nextracker rebranded as Nextpower to higher replicate the corporate’s expanded product traces, which along with single-axis photo voltaic trackers, contains photo voltaic module frames, robotics, O&M and electrical steadiness of techniques.
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