Enel North America, through its affiliate 3Sun USA, LLC, announced on May 22 that it plans to build a solar cell and panel manufacturing facility in Inola, Oklahoma, after the state legislature agreed to a $180 million incentive package.
Enel North America, a part of Italian energy company Enel Group, will receive up to $36 million a year for the next five years as it builds the manufacturing plant. It will employ about 1,000 people.
The company will invest $1 billion in the project, and construction of the factory is to begin in the fall of 2023, with the first panels will be available to the market by the end of 2024. The 2 million-square-foot solar photovoltaic cell and panel manufacturing facility will have an annual production capacity of 3 gigawatts, or about 3.1 million solar panels. Construction on the facility is expected to begin in the fall in Inola, Oklahoma, which is located about 27 miles east of Tulsa….