{"id":108180,"date":"2024-12-20T08:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/\/?p=108180"},"modified":"2024-12-20T08:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:42:17","slug":"waaree-begins-trial-runs-on-solar-panel-assembly-line-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/\/2024\/12\/waaree-begins-trial-runs-on-solar-panel-assembly-line-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Waaree begins trial runs on solar panel assembly line in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waaree Solar Americas announced it has started trial production of solar panels at its manufacturing facility in Brookshire, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s largest solar panel manufacturer, Waaree first announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/\/2023\/12\/waaree-to-open-3-gw-solar-panel-manufacturing-factory-in-texas-in-2024\/\">U.S. factory last year<\/a>. The company now expects to commission its &#8220;phase 1&#8221; manufacturing capacity of 1.6 GW in the next few months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This milestone marks the beginning of our ambitious plans for further expansion in the United States, reinforcing our dedication to building a resilient domestic supply chain, supporting energy security in the U.S., and strengthening the India-U.S. trade and energy partnership,&#8221; commented Sunil Rathi, president of Waaree Solar Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Waaree hopes to produce 3 GW of modules annually at the 546,000-sq.-ft factory outside Houston. The company originally announced investing $1 billion into the site to also include solar cell manufacturing. No further update was provided on its manufacturing plans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/\/u-s-solar-panel-manufacturers\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-3d\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#EB790A;border-color:#bc6108;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#f1a254;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #000000\"> See SPW&#8217;s list of U.S. solar manufacturers here.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waaree Solar Americas announced it has started trial production of solar panels at its manufacturing facility in Brookshire, Texas. India&#8217;s largest solar panel manufacturer, Waaree first announced the U.S. factory last year. The company now expects to commission its &#8220;phase 1&#8221; manufacturing capacity of 1.6 GW in the next few months. &#8220;This milestone marks the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":104644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2650],"tags":[5557],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Waaree begins trial runs on solar panel assembly line in Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Waaree Solar Americas announced it has started trial production of solar panels at its manufacturing facility in Brookshire, Texas. 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