solar panel,Solar Module,multicrystalline solar cells-GE exits US solar panel production

        I tried to find this press release on GE's website but was unsuccessful. According to a Dow Jones article, solar panel GE will close its only solar panel manufacturing facility in the US as prices for panels become cheaper.



        GE's crystalline Solar Module silicone panels production facility in Delaware will reportedly stop by January and will completely shut down by the end of June next year. The plant employs 80 people and all will be laid off and receive severance multicrystalline solar cells  and benefits packages.



The plant has capacity to produce 34 megawatts of panels annually, which could be expanded to 68 MW. It was reported that GE wants to sell 100% of the facility for cash by the end of the year.



        BP solar was mentioned in the article as another traditional solar materials player that exited the US manufacturing industry. BP announced in March that it is closing down its module assembly activity at Frederick, Maryland, as well as its cell manufacture and module assembly facilities in Madrid, Spain.



        The phase out of module assembly at Frederick will result in the elimination of approximately 140 jobs out of about 600. The plant continues its silicon casting, wafering, sizing and solar cell production. Dow Jones reported that the assembly plant is still on sale.