elektra
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Okay, Forbes, an article? So! Try and point to an actual manufacturing facility in the USA, I am sure there is one, has to be, that I do not dispute, but where is it, how is the product made, where do they buy the materials, is it all processed and developed onsite?Well, you got me on that one. Should have read where they got the panels they are selling.
Guess Who Are The Top 10 Solar Panel Makers In the World?
Solar equipment makers are gearing up to expand production again after many of them had to idle production lines or close factories. So who are the top 10 solar panel makers these days?
IHS released its ranking today that put Trina Solar as the top shipper of solar panels in 2014, followed by Yingli Green Energy. Both companies are based in China, which has dominated the solar equipment manufacturing business for many years now.
In fact, six of the 10 manufacturers ranked by IHS are Chinese (if you count Canadian Solar CSIQ +3.61% which, though based in Canada, has its manufacturing base in China). The two biggest American solar panel makers, First Solar FSLR -0.65% and SunPower SPWR +4.17%, also made the list.
The ranking reflected shipment figures, including estimates for the fourth quarter of this year. IHS noted that it didn’t count panels produced by these companies that are used internally for building solar power projects, from rooftop installations to big solar farms.
I am looking at First Solar's site now. It is pretty damn hard to figure out if they actually manufacture or assemble, and if so, where?
It appears they have a manufacturing facility that assembles in Ohio, but all the dirty work is done in Malaysia.
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