Hanwha Q CELLS Korea Corporation announced that it will build a solar module manufacturing facility in the United States of America. Construction for the factory in Whitfield County, Georgia will commence in 2018 and is scheduled to be completed in 2019. While the exact nameplate capacity of the new facility remains undisclosed, the company confirms that it will exceed 1.6GW per year.
With the completion of the production facility in Georgia, Hanwha Q CELLS Korea, together with Hanwha Q CELLS, another affiliate of Hanwha Group, will have manufacturing facilities in South Korea, Malaysia, China, and the U.S., at its disposal.