Kyocera Solar picks San Diego for first U.S. plant
Kyocera Solar has decided to locate its first U.S. manufacturing facility in San Diego.
The Scottsdale-based division of the electronics manufacturing company announced plans for the move on Wednesday as it attempts to move toward global production of 1 gigawatt a year.
The company expects manufacturing to begin at its Balboa Avenue facility by the middle of this year. The 30-megawatt plant will cater to large-scale solar implementation.
The company has manufacturing facilities in Japan, Russia, the Czech Republic and Mexico, which has been the primary source of solar panels used in the U.S.
Read the full story in the Phoenix Business Journal.
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