Business currently behind Solar4America brand takes control of former Sunergy module plant in California
- SPI Energy, the international energy company that acquired a listing of contracts from bankrupt California solar installer PetersenDean, revealed it has gotten the lease for the former Sunergy photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California, and also anticipates to produce modules for the united state market by Q1 2022.
Sunergy California, the American production arm of China Sunergy Co., filed phase 11 bankruptcy in January 2021. The firm manufactured CSUN and also ASUN branded photovoltaic panels out of the 400-MW capacity manufacturing facility in Sacramento.
SPI Energy, founded in 2006, is entailed with EVs, solar and storage remedies and simply lately relocated its worldwide head office from China to California. Via its departments SolarJuice (residential solar service provider), SPI Solar/Orange Power (industrial and energy solar supplier) and EdisonFuture/Phoenix Motor EV (EV sales), SPI Energy has procedures in North America, Australia, Asia and Europe.
When California solar installment business PetersenDean filed bankruptcy in 2020, SPI Energy and also SolarJuice purchased a list of yet-to-built domestic solar contracts from the former installer. SPI Energy likewise obtained the Solar4America name from PetersenDean.
In April 2021, SPI Energy released a 360-W solar module under the Solar4America trademark name. The company additionally introduced an Amazon Store for Solar4America branded products.
Currently with the procurement of the former Sunergy plant, SPI Energy expects to begin production by Q1 2022 as well as increase to a production capacity of 1.1 GW in the second fifty percent of 2022.
" This stands for a considerable worth include for SPI and our expanding solar company," mentioned Mr. Denton Xiaofeng Peng, Chairman & President of SPI Energy, in a news release. "With a two-decade background, we are one of the global leaders in solar manufacturing. Now with this facility, we can better support our growth and the broadening eco-friendly economic situation with a California-based solar module manufacturing center that enables us to deliver Made-in-USA products."
In September 2021, SPI Energy mentioned that a "leading residence enhancement seller with over 300 stores throughout the United States" has placed a quantity order for Solar4America products, with the intention of selling the products in the stores.