Meyer Burger receives equipment and tools for expanding Arizona module manufacturing plant

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
Email
Meyer Burger facility in Goodyear, Arizona. Image: Meyer Burger

Swiss PV manufacturer Meyer Burger has said it has started “receiving shipments of equipment and tools” at its newest manufacturing facility, a 2GW plant in Goodyear, in the US state of Arizona.

Originally designed as a 1.5GW annual manufacturing facility, Meyer Burger has since chosen to expand its solar module production capacity. The company noted that, once the expansion work is completed this year, the facility will employ 630 people, and is currently looking to hire staff at the plant.

This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) Subscription

Try Premium for just $1

  • Full premium access for the first month at only $1
  • Converts to an annual rate after 30 days unless cancelled
  • Cancel anytime during the trial period

Premium Benefits

  • Expert industry analysis and interviews
  • Digital access to PV Tech Power journal
  • Exclusive event discounts

Or get the full Premium subscription right away

Or continue reading this article for free

The news follows Meyer Burger’s signing of a module supply deal with German developer Baywa r.e, which will see the Swiss company supply 1.25GW of Meyer Burger modules a year from 2025 to 2029. The facility’s expansion work is being completed, in part, to meet the requirements of this deal, and the plant will produce panels in Meyer Burger’s SmartWire range of heterojunction technology (HJT) modules.

This range includes three products, dubbed “black”, “white” and “glass”, which feature power ratings as high as 395Wp, 400Wp and 390Wp, respectively, and conversion efficiencies of up to 21.5%, 21.7% and 21.8%, respectively.

“The provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), particularly the Section 45X manufacturing credit coupled with direct pay, will be critical to our ability to make America the epicentre of our solar energy manufacturing efforts in the years to come,” wrote Meyer Burger in a letter to the US Internal Revenue Service in November 2022, outlining the role that supportive legislation has played in encouraging more US-based solar manufacturing.

Of its initial 1.5GW capacity, 1GW was set aside for the utility-scale sector, alongside 500MW for the distributed generation sector, and Meyer Burger has not yet announced which sector will benefit from the additional manufacturing capacity.

Research from the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie forecast the US residential solar market to grow by 13% in 2023, driven predominantly by strong growth in California and the north-east.

However, with higher interest rates lowering sales volumes in markets, including Texas and Arizona, some states’ residential sectors have contracted, leading to the SEIA and Wood Mackenzie to expect the US residential solar market as a whole to shrink by 12% in 2024. Those involved in the Arizona solar sector will hope that manufacture and distribution of residential solar products in the state could help reverse this decline.

Read Next

October 3, 2025
EDF Renewables and Enlight Renewable Energy have advanced solar-plus-storage projects in New Mexico and Arizona.
October 3, 2025
SunStrong Management has raised US$900 million to refinance a 'large portfolio' of residential solar assets developed by SunPower.
October 3, 2025
Chinese government policies and supply-side production cuts will drive a significant increase in solar and storage component costs.
September 30, 2025
Global investor KKR has acquired 50% of a 1.4GW solar portfolio in North American from French oil major TotalEnergies.
Premium
September 30, 2025
VDE Americas' David Devir looks at the origins of the supersized PV glass problem and considers how the industry can return to reliability.
September 30, 2025
Chinese solar firm SoleFiori (Hongjun New Energy) has signed an agreement with the Saudi Arabian government to build a 6GW heterojunction technology (HJT) module production facility in the country.

Subscribe to Newsletter

Upcoming Events

Solar Media Events
October 7, 2025
Manila, Philippines
Solar Media Events
October 7, 2025
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Solar Media Events
October 21, 2025
New York, USA
Solar Media Events
November 25, 2025
Warsaw, Poland