GAF Energy starts building solar shingle factory in Texas

• GAF Energy on Friday held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the begin of building and construction of its production facility in Georgetown, Texas, where the company will generate its nailable solar shingle product, called Timberline Solar.

Building is anticipated to be finished in the summer of 2023, with the facility to be completely online by the end of the very same year.

GAF Energy, which has a research and development (R&D) and also manufacturing facility in San Jose, California, presented Timberline Solar previously in 2022. According to a July news, the brand-new manufacturing facility will certainly boost the firm's manufacturing capacity by 500% and also make it capable of producing 300 MW of solar shingles a year. The Georgetown plant is stated to become the globe's largest solar roofing facility. The owner and also programmer of the building is Portman Industrial.

The revolutionary occasion was participated in by Congressman John Carter, City of Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroeder and other community leaders.