Largest solar panel manufacturer in Western Hemisphere leans on Georgia Quick Start
The sun beams on Cartersville, where Hanwha Qcells USA is expanding its presence in Georgia.
The plant underwent an expansion that resulted in nearly 3,000 new jobs.
Georgia Quick Start, which helped train Qcells employees on its 18-step manufacturing process in 2018 when it opened a plant in Dalton, Ga., will once again be providing workforce training at its second facility in Cartersville Georgia.
“Expanding our production capacity underscores Qcells’ strong commitment to the Dalton-Whitfield County region, Georgia, and the U.S. solar market,” says Justin Lee, CEO of Qcells. “We are excited to partner again with Georgia Quick Start for our expansion.”
The Dalton facility, which is the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar module manufacturing facility, is 375,000 square feet and produces 12,000 modules a day.
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Qcells is one of the world’s leading clean energy companies, manufacturing high-performance, high-quality solar cells and modules.
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— Justin Lee, CEO of Qcells
Hanwha Qcells’ first facility in Georgia in Dalton, shown here, is the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar module manufacturing facilities.
Qcells employees in Dalton on this slide and the following slides assemble solar modules.
Qcells’ Dalton facility was also expanded in 2023, when it added 2 gigawatts of solar capacity, bringing the full actor’s output to more than 5.1GW.
When both the Dalton and Cartersville facilities are up and running, Qcells anticipates its solar production capacity to reach 8.4 GW a eyar, enough to power 1.3 million homes annually.
Georgia Quick Start helps train Qcell employees on its 18-step manufacturing process.
Training courses also include lockout/tagout, emergency preparedness and electrical safety awareness.
Employees also received professional development training in topics such as one-to-one communications and Kaizen events.
