{"id":25936,"date":"2022-08-16T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=25936"},"modified":"2025-01-13T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T23:29:12","slug":"breaking-sen-ossoffs-landmark-legislation-to-supercharge-american-solar-manufacturing-signed-into-law-3","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/breaking-sen-ossoffs-landmark-legislation-to-supercharge-american-solar-manufacturing-signed-into-law-3\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Landmark Legislation to Supercharge American Solar Manufacturing Signed into Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff introduced the legislation last summer & successfully shepherded it through Congress<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill will supercharge domestic solar energy manufacturing & strengthen American energy independence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s landmark legislation to boost American solarenergy manufacturing became law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday the President signed into law my legislation to supercharge American solar manufacturing and innovation,\u201dSen. Ossoff said<\/strong>. \u201cAmidst skyrocketing demand for these strategic renewable energytechnologies, America should lead the world in their production, and Georgia can lead the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff first introduced the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act (SEMA)<\/em> last summer and has now successfully passed it into law. Sen. Ossoff\u2019s law will strengthen American energy independence, reduce dependence on Chinese imports, and reinvigorate the U.S. industrial sector \u2014 creating American jobs and accelerating the transition to renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia is leading the way in solar manufacturing, as Dalton, Georgia, hosts Qcells, the largest solarmanufacturing facility in the Western hemisphere, which just announced a $171 million expansion with 470 new jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top solar manufacturers and industry leaders see SEMA <\/em>as the game-changer the solar industry desperately needs to rapidly expand production and bring key solar supply chains to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are extremely grateful to Senator Ossoff for his tireless efforts to support clean energymanufacturing,\u201dsaid Scott Moskowitz, Head of Market Strategy and Public Affairs for Qcells North America, which operates the largest solar manufacturing plant in the Western hemisphere in Dalton, Georgia<\/strong>. \u201cThe Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act<\/em> will make supply chains more resilient, energy more affordable, and dramatically lower carbon emissions. It will directly result in billions of dollars in investment and the hiring of thousands of manufacturing workers in Georgia and around the country. SEMA is a landmark bill and its passage marks a critical turning point for the entire clean energyindustry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThanks to Senator Ossoff\u2019s steadfast support for the American solar and storage industry in the reconciliation package, the United States is now on track to make historic investments in domestic manufacturing,\u201dsaid Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).<\/strong> \u201cThe Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act<\/em> will immediately spur private investments in production capacity across the solar supply chain, including batteries, helping to create thousands of manufacturing jobs and support our energy independence. For years, U.S. solar and storage businesses have been eager to make more manufacturing investments in the United States, and now with the right policies in place, we are one step closer to more American-made products and a domesticmanufacturing renaissance.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you to Senator Ossoff for his leadership in developing the Solar Energy Manufacturing forAmerica Act <\/em>and his tireless advocacy working with his colleagues to achieve this milestone,\u201d the <\/strong>SolarEnergy Manufacturing for America Coalition<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>said, comprised of more than a dozen of the leading solar manufacturers nationwide.<\/strong> \u201cThis provision, included in the Inflation Reduction Act<\/em>, is a game changer for domestic solar manufacturing that will result in billions of dollars in investment across the United States and thousands of good paying clean energy manufacturing jobs across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act<\/em> is the most important piece of climate legislation in U.S. history. It will lead an energy transformation and catalyze American manufacturing. With production incentives championed by Senator Ossoff, it is possible to reshore the solar manufacturing value chain and reclaim American leadership in the world\u2019s fastest growing energy segment,\u201d Frank van Mierlo, CEO of CubicPV said.<\/strong> \u201cCubicPV has the engineering team to execute quickly. The IRA makes it possible to create a large domestic silicon solar wafer industry. This Act will ensure future, disruptive solar technologies are scaled and commercialized at home. We applaud the tireless efforts and the foresight of all those responsible forgetting us to this moment.\u201d
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\u201cWe applaud the passage of 45X and believe that it will have a significant impact not just on American solar manufacturing but on the effort to secure a supply chain crucial to our nation\u2019s security and the fight against climate change,\u201d said<\/strong> Mark Widmar, Chief Executive Officer of First Solar.<\/strong> \u201cFor the first time, solar manufacturers would benefit from a durable, long-term industrial policy designed to revitalize and expand domestic manufacturing and innovation at scale. We can expect more American-made solar that is cleaner, free of human rights abuses, creates jobs and investment, and, ultimately, is an enabler of energyindependence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are living an historic moment that will be celebrated for generations, the day when the U.S. based solar manufacturing industry goes from cautiously growing to being able to thrive and globally lead,\u201dsaid Martin Pochtaruk, President of Heliene.<\/strong>
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\u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act<\/em> is a game-changer for Auxin Solar and Auxin\u2019s long-established history of manufacturing solar in the United States. Coupled with strong trade enforcement, the green energyincentives that will soon become available will allow Auxin Solar to immediately expand its production footprint to bring cutting-edge solar products to the market,\u201dsaid Mamun Rashid, CEO of Auxin Solar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act<\/em> will establish, for the first time in the solar market, an industrial policy framework that will create incentives for robust manufacturing so that American factories can compete head-to-head with overseas counterparts,\u201d said Scott Graybeal, CEO of Caelux Corporation. <\/strong>\u201cDomestic manufacturers can and will win given an even playing field created by this legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSolar represents the most effective means to achieve clean energy goals in the United States. At Silfab, we applaud the expected passage of the Inflation Reduction Act<\/em> and efforts by the Biden Administration to further invest in the solar industry,\u201d said Silfak Chief Executive Officer Paolo Maccario.<\/strong> \u201cSilfab Solarlooks forward to continuing our U.S. manufacturing expansions, incorporating the most-advanced solartechnologies and meeting the industry and customer demand for leading edge solar products designed and manufactured in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe passage of 45x will have a dramatic impact on Leading Edge Equipment Technologies’ ability to raise private capital to accelerate bringing our low cost, low emissions, high power silicon wafer technology to full commercial scale. This is currently the critical missing link in a fully US-based supply chain for industry-leading silicon solar modules, and Leading Edge is poised to ramp our patent-protected wafer technology to the gigawatt scale by 2025,\u201d said Rick Schwerdtfeger, CEO of Leading Edge Equipment Technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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