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Violet Power Plans First Vertically Integrated Solar Factory in US

September 9, 2020

Violet Power, an Oregon-based solar startup helmed by the recently retired director of the Department of Energy’s solar office, plans to build a fully integrated manufacturing plant in Washington State.

After ramping through 2021, the Violet factory will be ready to roll out between 300 and 500 megawatts of solar cells per year. Over time, the company plans to add modules and then wafers, making it the only U.S. solar plant producing all of those parts of the supply chain.

“As time goes by, we could extend both downstream as well as upstream starting with cells and working from there,” said Charlie Gay, Violet’s CEO, referring to the potential to include wafer and ingot production.

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