[RE-wrenches] high efficiency modules in U.S.

[Exeltech]

Hello Jay,

They're assembling, using cells from domestic and international sources.  Their other components are domestic to the maximum extent possible.  Problem is .. like the domestic PV firms mentioned in another post, domestic component manufacturers are also going out of business, forcing procurement from foreign companies.

If we don't step up and increase support of our American firms .. there eventually won't be any American firms left to support.


Dan
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On Tue, 4/29/14, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] high efficiency modules in U.S.
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 5:36 PM

Dan,

Are they assembling or actually making cells as well?

jay

peltz power

On Apr 28, 2014, at 8:52 PM, Exeltech wrote:

> There's also 1Soltech Dallas, Texas.
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> Made in the USA.  (Confirmed.  I visited their plant on a field trip with a solar energy club not long ago and saw their production line in operation.)
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> They make 60-cell and 80-cell PV ranging from 230W to 350W, and maybe others.  They've even got a series of modules that are made with "colored" cells in red, green, or blue.
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> Not 20%+ (more like 16.0-16.5%) .. but of domestic manufacture .. and available.  Been around since 2008.
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> http://1soltech.com/
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> Dan Lepinski