The manufacturing project is expected to deliver about 700MW to 1,000MW of silicon-based wafers annually using Direct Wafer manufacturing process.
Phase I of the project will be placed in Lexington, Massachusetts, and the company is evaluating site locations for another planned phase.
The original development of 1366 Technologies’ Direct Wafer technology was supported with a $4m grant from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency energy program and a $3m grant from the Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
US-based 1366 Technologies develops manufacturing solutions for silicon photovoltaics.
