Silfab Solar increases US module capacity to 800MW with new center

• North American solar manufacturer Silfab Solar has begun to deliver items from its new manufacturing facility in Burlington, Washington, which has increased its manufacturing capability to roughly 800MW annually.

Silfab did not provide particular ability figures, nonetheless PV Tech recognizes the development has actually included the series of 400MW of annual capability.

The manufacturing facility is Silfab's 3rd in North America and consists of "the latest accuracy solar manufacturing machinery", the maker stated. It will certainly concentrate on creating the business's Silfab Prime 370W collection, which has a module efficiency of 20.2%, a maximum DC voltage of 1000v and comes with a 30-year efficiency guarantee.

Recognized for its back-contact and mono PERC PV modules, Silfab has a background of "creating premium, very resilient and really effective PV modules-- exclusively designed and produced for the North American house owner," claimed Silfab Chief Executive Officer Paolo Maccario.

Silfab recently achieved 'Top Performer' score under the PV Evolution Labs screening process for the 3rd year running. And, last month, it was awarded US$ 3 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to assist scale its aluminium backsheets for silicon modules along with technology programmer SunFlex Solar.