The solar module factory, located in Hattiesburg, will deliver $500m of investment over the next six years.

Under the first phase of the project, Stion will produce a 100MW solar module product line.

The company makes about $100m of investment for the first phase of the project.

Production from the project’s first phase will commence later this year.

US-based Stion is producing high-efficiency, thin-film solar modules using a simple, low-cost monolithically integrated circuit design.