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Based in Pataskala, Illuminate USA said the facility will produce more than 9.2 million advanced solar panels annually at full capacity by the end of the year. That facility has been staffed with over 400 workers through partnerships with local jobs programs.
The first solar panels rolled off the line Thursday as Illuminate USA began production at its 1.1-million-square-foot factory in Pataskala, which will be one of the nation’s largest advanced solar panel manufacturing facilities, the company announced in a news release.
Jim Murphy, president and corporate business leader at Invenergy and chairman of Illuminate USA’s board of directors, said American-made solar panels rolling off the line at the Pataskala facility is a significant milestone for advanced manufacturing in the United States.
Invenergy, a Chicago-based developer of several solar projects in Ohio, will be the primary customer for Illuminate USA's panels. "They have projects all over the country and they do those renewable projects, so they need utility solar panels," Heis said. Invenergy is also one of the joint investors in the new company.
Illuminate will become the second major solar manufacturer in Ohio. First Solar set up shop in Perrysburg, near Toledo, in 2002, and has been expanding its operations in the region since. [email protected]
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