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1366 abandons plans for US factory

The innovative wafer maker will be building its first commercial-scale factory overseas.
By
Christian Roselund
DOE agreed to fund 1366 Technologies’ first large-scale solar manufacturing facility in upstate New York in 2011. | Image: 1366 Technologies

For the past five years, 1366 Technologies has been the poster child of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program.

While recipients such as Solyndra and Beacon Power went belly-up, the innovative wafer maker had not only survived but was thriving, with impressive technical results, a massive contract to supply its Direct Wafers to Hanwha Q Cells, and a partnership with polysilicon giant Wacker Chemie.

But while DOE agreed to fund 1366 Technologies’ first large-scale solar manufacturing facility in upstate New York in 2011, six and a half years later no disbursements have been made, and the company has withdrawn from the loan guarantee process.

Read the full article on pv magazine USA.

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1366 Technologies and Hanwha Q Cells to open wafer factory in Malaysia – Ray Go Solar (M) Sdn Bhd
Feb 27, 2019

[…] March, 1366 Technologies said it was abandoning plans to build a wafer manufacturing facility in New York and would construct its first commercial-scale wafer factory at an undisclosed overseas location. […]

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1366 Technologies and Hanwha Q Cells to open wafer factory in Malaysia – pv magazine USA
Feb 26, 2019

[…] March, 1366 Technologies said it was abandoning plans to build a wafer manufacturing facility in New York and would construct its first commercial-scale wafer factory at an undisclosed overseas location. […]

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