The facility will have an initial production capacity of 100MW per year and is scheduled to begin initial operations in the third quarter of 2010.
Worldwide Energy claims that the location is large enough to accommodate two building expansions that will bring the total manufacturing capacity to 300MW per year. In addition to the manufacturing plant, the facility also houses an 11,000sqft research center for the development of the company’s ‘Amerisolar’ brand solar modules as well as complete PV solar energy systems.
Unlike its leased facility in Ningbo, China, Worldwide Energy owns the Nantong facility outright, as well as the 484,000sqft parcel of land on which it is situated.
Worldwide Energy is an engineering-oriented firm specializing in PV panel, mechanical, electronics and fiber optic products manufacturing.
