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SolarWorld Expands Production Capacity in the U.S.

Company is responding to rising, more exacting U.S. demand

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

SolarWorld AG will expand both solar-panel and high-efficiency cell production in Hillsboro, OR. The plan is to expand U.S. capacities in a first step from 380 to 530 megawatts (MW), with the option to expand up to 630 MW. Along with the company’s manufacturing in Germany, company-wide annual production capacity for solar panels will rise to about 1,300 megawatts. The company is the largest manufacturer of solar technology in the United States, in Germany and on a global scale outside of Asia...

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