New solar panel manufacturer to set up in Georgia with 500-MW facility
Source: https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/12/georgia-adion-solar-500-mw/
Author: Kelly Pickerel
A brand-new company plans to open a 500-MW solar panel assembly factory in Madison, Georgia, in fall 2023. Adion Solar told Solar Power World it began exploring options to start a facility before manufacturing tax credits were included in the Inflation Reduction Act, intending to supply the commercial market. The initial idea for Adion Solar was to make solar panels specifically for its growing fleet of sustainable work vehicles, but then it expanded into assembling solar panels for more traditional applications. While Adion and its sister company B.I. have experience in business dealings, Devlin said they do understand the need to bring in executives familiar with solar. “Certainly, we recognize that we’re going to have to get some industry subject matter experts as we go forward,” Devlin said. “It’s just a matter of timing as we build this out.” Adion Solar is currently distributing 540-W Rayzon solar panels from India in the United States until the U.S. facility begins production. The group is using those Rayzon panels on its B.I. trailers in the meantime, too. But the American-made Adion Solar panels will use its own tech while a relationship with Rayzon will continue. “We want to be leading, but we don’t want to be cutting-edge. We recognize that there are costs associated with that. We want to take proven technologies and make them available,” Devlin said.