Nichola Groom of Reuters reports that Enel is investing more than $1 billion into building a solar panel factory in Oklahoma.
- The factory will be built in Inola, Oklahoma and will employ over 1,000 people by 2025.
- Enel’s Oklahoma facility will produce 3 gigawatts of solar products annually, with its first panels hitting the market in 2024.
- Once construction is completed, this will one of the largest solar facilities in the U.S., and one of the only produce silicon-based solar cells on a large scale.
“Enel’s U.S. manufacturing arm, 3Sun USA LLC, selected the 300-acre site in Oklahoma because it has water and power utilities and a workforce in the region that can immediately support its large factory.”
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