Suniva planning to build a $250M, 400 megawatt solar cell factory in Michigan

Suniva, a solar cell manufacturer of high efficiency silicon based monocrystalline photovoltaic solar cells, has just announced that they will be building their second solar cell manufacturing plant.  Suniva’s  new plant, to be based in Thomas Township in Michigan will ultimately produce about 400 megawatts of their ARTisun solar cells per year, and is expected to create hundreds of jobs.   As of now, Suniva’s plan to build the plant is contingent on their getting a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy.