SolarCycle has secured another buyer of its solar panel glass made from recycled materials after first signing a supply agreement with Silfab earlier this year. Minnesota-based solar panel manufacturer Heliene has signed a 4-GW or 20 million-m2 agreement with Heliene for the recycled glass over the next five years.
SolarCycle is building a glass factory in Georgia that will use recycled materials from retired solar panels. The facility is expected to make upwards of 5 GW of solar glass every year.
“We are thrilled to add glass to our growing set of domestically made materials that will go into our modules. Partnering with Solarcycle enables us to improve our supply of domestic components, to help our clients qualify for the domestic content adder while materially reducing our carbon footprint,” said Martin Pochtaruk, CEO of Heliene.
“We need to build more solar modules in America to increase the resiliency and sustainability of America’s fastest growing source of power,” said Suvi Sharma, CEO and co-founder of SolarCycle. “We are excited to partner with Heliene so that they can use our ultra-low carbon solar glass to produce the next generation of American solar panels.”
News item from Heliene