- Nordcell Group plans to build a 1.2 GW solar factory in Sweden to help the EU tackle import dependence.
- Nordcell pledged to build a vertically integrated production line covering all four primary solar panel manufacturing stages.
Nordcell Group plans to build a 1.2 GW solar factory in Sweden to help the EU tackle its dependence on imports from China and South Asia.
Also, the new project, GIGA ONE, will manufacture 2.5 million solar panels annually. The plant is the greenest solar panel factory to be powered by 100 per cent fossil-free energy. It is supplied with next-level automation and the most advanced production equipment globally.
Nordcell-based Stockholm pledged to build a vertically integrated production line that covers all four primary stages of solar panel manufacturing – silicon, ingot and wafer, cells and panels.
In addition, the company is presently assessing different sites in the northern region of Sweden, and a final decision will be made soon. GIGA ONE’s commissioning will be in the first half of 2025.
When installed, the future facility will be able to make enough devices to produce about 1.5 TWh of clean electricity. This output is enough to power 600,000 homes or cover roughly 1% of Sweden’s energy needs.
The Swedish firm noted in the statement that it had dedicated the past year to developing the GIGA ONE plan. Furthermore, Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has partnered with the company on the project since the beginning.
It initiated an early Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to analyse the environmental impact of production.