China’s JA Photo voltaic has introduced plans to take a position CNY 408 million ($60.5 million) within the development of a 2 GW PV panel manufacturing unit within the US state of Arizona.

The photo voltaic cell and module maker stated in an announcement that it has leased land for a producing facility at an unspecified location in Phoenix. The manufacturing unit is anticipated to start out industrial operations within the fourth quarter of this 12 months, it stated, including that it’ll result in the creation of 600 new jobs.

The ability will produce high-efficiency PV modules for all segments, the corporate stated, with out offering additional particulars. In keeping with preliminary figures, the Chinese language producer is more likely to have shipped greater than 25 GW of photo voltaic merchandise within the final monetary 12 months.

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