Boviet Solar has announced plans to start a 2-GW solar panel manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina, known as “Project Gen,” creating 900 jobs and boosting solar energy production in the U. The company will receive incentives and grants from Pitt County and the North Carolina Dept. of Commerce for the $294 million refab of an existing 500,000-ft2 building in Indigreen Corporate Park, with plans to build a second 500,00-ft3 building for solar cell manufacturing. The site is expected to support 900 jobs, with mass production set to begin in early 2025. Chinese materials manufacturer Ningbo Boway Alloy Materials Co. also plans to establish a 3-GW TOPCon cell plant in Vietnam in addition to BovietSolar’s North Carolina module assembly factory. Boveiet Solar, founded in Vietnam 11 years ago, had its solar panels excluded from antidumping/countervailing duties on Southeast Asian imports last year.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
