Moreover, even as the company gets ready to break ground at its first large-scale factory in upstate New York, it already has ambitions to expand its production internationally, with India a top contender for a future plant, van Mierlo says.
1366 is aiming to become the world's next PV manufacturing giant, and believes its "Direct Wafer" manufacturing technology – which effectively bypasses the ingot step – is a game-changer for the crystalline-silicon (c-Si) PV sector.
