First Solar announced Friday that it will spend about $330 million to establish a new facility in Gaffney, S.C.

The plant is intended to onshore final production processes for Series 6 Plus modules initiated by the company’s international fleet. It is scheduled to open in the second half of 2026 and should create more than 600 new jobs with an average manufacturing salary of $74,000 per year, officials said in a release.

The new plant is expected to increase First Solar’s capacity to produce American-made solar technology that is fully compliant with anticipated Foreign Entities of Concern guidance, by 3.7 gigawatts, reaching 17.7 gigawatts of annual nameplate capacity in 2027, according to the release.

The onshored processes will transform thin film solar cells produced by First Solar’

See Full Page