- Enel plans to build a 3 GW solar cell plant in the U.S.
- Construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2023.
Enel North America has announced plans to build a 3 GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant in the U.S.
Enel highlighted that site selection for the facility is now underway, and construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2023, with commercial operations starting by the end of 2024. The facility can scale up to 6 GW of annual production capacity.
Enrico Viale, Head of Enel North America, said incentives for domestic solar manufacturing in the Inflation Reduction Act catalyzed the company’s decision.
Enel North America’s parent company, the multinational utility and energy developer Enel, currently has only a small global solar manufacturing footprint. Enel plans to replicate the Italy production facility to produce bifacial heterojunction PV cells in the U.S.