Qcells starts producing solar cells at Cartersville facility
Key takeaways
- Qcells starts producing solar cells at Cartersville facility.
- The company expects the site to be fully operational by the third quarter of 2026 (Q3 2026).
- Module assembly at Cartersville has already reached full capacity, producing approximately 16,700 panels daily.
Qcells starts producing solar cells at Cartersville facility. The company expects full operations at the site by Q3 2026. Credit: Qcells. · Power Technology · Qcells. Shree Mishra Wed, June 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM GMT+7 2 min read South Korea’s Qcells has begun manufacturing solar cells at its facility in Cartersville, Georgia, a significant milestone for domestic solar production in the US.
The Cartersville plant is set to become the country s first and only vertically integrated solar factory, manufacturing all major components of a photovoltaic module, from ingots and wafers to cells and finished panels, under one roof.
The company expects the site to be fully operational by the third quarter of 2026 (Q3 2026). It plans to achieve an annual production capacity of 3.3GW each for ingots, wafers and cells, and 3.5GW for modules.