ES Foundry Is Building a World-Class Manufacturing Operation. Here’s Independent Proof.
By Lionel Moss, ES Foundry There’s a lot happening at ES Foundry. We recently completed the expansion of our Greenwood facility to 3 GW of annual solar cell manufacturing capacity, dramatically increasing the scale of our U.S. manufacturing operations. At the same time, teams across the company were tackling another major milestone: demonstrating that the […]
pv magazine USA: Benchmarking ES Foundry in a dynamic and diversified U.S. cell production landscape
ES Foundry leads U.S. cell manufacturing momentum by successfully retrofitting a South Carolina facility to scale PERC production toward 3 GW, underscoring the vital shift from simple module assembly to building a resilient domestic solar supply chain.
Solar panel makers and buyers have mixed feelings on Sec. 232 tariffs
The U.S. solar industry is still determining the effects of the Sec. 232 tariffs on polysilicon and its derivatives.
ES Foundry backs PERC amid US PV manufacturing shift to n-type
A wave of new heterojunction (HJT) solar cell and module manufacturing announcements in the US is highlighting the rapid shift in PV technology as the country continues to increase its domestic solar manufacturing supply chain.
Trump’s tariffs unevenly reshape American manufacturing
At Revere Copper Products, America’s oldest copper rolling mill, decades of losing ground, and customers, to lower-priced Chinese copper began to turn around when the first Trump administration imposed broad tariffs in 2016.
What Solar Buyers Are Prioritizing — and What the Poll Results Miss
By Ken Johnston, VP of Sales A recent ES Foundry LinkedIn poll asked what matters most in solar cell and module procurement decisions as developers navigate domestic content requirements, FEOC rules and increasingly compressed project timelines. Among respondents, domestic content availability ranked first at 50%, followed by FEOC-compliant supply chains at 33% and the ability […]
FEOC-Free From Inception: Why That Matters Now
One of crucial dynamics in the current FEOC environment is that compliance is easier to underwrite when the company providing the materials is stable. Many solar market entrants have gone through changes in ownership, governance, investment sources or entity structure as they scaled. Even when those changes are made for good reasons, they often create […]
ES Foundry at RE+ Northeast and Intersolar: What we heard and what it signals for 2026 procurement
Ken Johnston, VP of Sales This winter, our team spent time on the ground at two key industry gatherings: RE+ Northeast and Intersolar & Energy Storage North America. We wanted to listen closely, compare notes across developer types and project stages, and pressure-test what’s actually driving decisions right now. Across both events, the mood was […]
pv magazine: U.S. solar’s push for domestic bliss
Incentives in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 drove a surge in announcements of new solar manufacturing facilities across the United States, and the country now hosts more than enough module production capacity to meet forecast domestic demand for several years.
Powering Through A Wild Year Together: A 2025 Top 10 Countdown
If you’ve found yourself saying, “Is it really December already?” — you’re not alone. Across the solar industry, 2025 stretched us, challenged us and kept us on our toes. Most of us are wrapping up the year feeling proud of what we pushed through and more than ready for a long weekend. Policy shifted, FEOC […]