Amphenol Industrial Operations formally launched that photograph voltaic junction subject manufacturing began in January 2024 at its new manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona. The company spoke exclusively with Solar Power World in regards to the deliberate photograph voltaic present chain manufacturing facility remaining October.
Amphenol’s Arizona manufacturing facility can accommodate a dozen manufacturing strains, with a functionality of round 100,000 junction packing containers each month. The first line is operational and producing roughly 3,000 junction packing containers per day, and two additional strains are being added. (Using a 400-W module as default, Picture voltaic Vitality World estimates the flexibility’s full annual manufacturing potential to be 4.8 GW.)
The ability may be geared as much as fabricate connectors and totally different superior interconnect assemblies for photograph voltaic arrays. Manufacturing strains to help the manufacturing of these components are anticipated to be operational by the highest of 2024. To this point, Amphenol has employed 70 new crew members to help junction subject manufacturing efforts in Mesa, a amount that is anticipated to develop with purchaser demand and as additional manufacturing functionality comes on-line.
“By manufacturing and transporting high-quality, reliable photograph voltaic merchandise day-after-day at our expanded Mesa facility, we’re setting up on our mission to help create an additional environment-friendly and sustainable U.S. photograph voltaic present chain,” said Mark Cunningham, Regular Supervisor of Amphenol Industrial Operations. “As we develop our manufacturing footprint and add additional native, specialised experience to our Mesa crew, we keep devoted to serving our shoppers, companions, and the broader group to navigate the transition to a cleaner energy future.”
