SOLARCYCLE to open $344 million solar glass manufacturing facility in Georgia
SOLARCYCLE has announced plans to open a new solar glass manufacturing facility in Cedartown, Georgia. The solar recycling company will invest $344 million into the project, creating 600 new jobs in the process. According to SOLARCYCLE, the new plant will use recycled materials from retired solar panels to make new solar glass. The company can allegedly extract 95% of the value from used solar panels. The Georgia facility will focus on the production of specialized glass for crystalline-silicon (c-Si) photovoltaics and will have the capacity to make five to six gigawatts worth of solar glass every year. Construction will begin in 2024, with operations starting in 2026.
In a recent quote, Suvi Sharma, CEO and Co-Founder of SOLARCYCLE, said, “There is no question that solar panel manufacturing is booming in the State of Georgia. We are thrilled to join the team and build our recycled solar glass plant in Cedartown, which will bring hundreds of good-paying jobs to Georgia and help the industry in its goals to build fully American-made clean energy solutions. We look forward to continued collaboration with the State of Georgia and the City of Cedartown.”
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Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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