Tesla Panasonic Solar Factory

Tesla and panasonic have finalized an agreement this week to begin the manufacturing of photovoltaic pv cells and modules at the buffalo ny factory.

Tesla panasonic solar factory.

These high efficiency pv cells and modules will be used to produce solar panels in the non solar roof products. Designed to be a net zero energy factory upon completion the facility will be primarily powered by solar and installation is already underway. Panasonic invested in the production of solar cells at the factory which has recently been renamed gigafactory new york and tesla agreed to buy those cells to put inside the solar roof tiles. Tesla and panasonic are ending joint production of solar cells at tesla s gigafactory 2 facility in buffalo new york according to a report in the nikkei asian review on tuesday.

A new report shows that tesla s solar factory in buffalo which the company dubbed gigafactory 2 mainly serves as a panasonic factory to supply other solar companies. Tesla gigafactory 2. Panasonic recently produced about 1 900 conventional 325 watt solar panels per day at the plant meant to be sold under the tesla brand and about 2 000 5 5 watt photovoltaic cells per day that. When production of the solar roof begins tesla will also incorporate panasonic s cells into the many kinds of solar glass tile.

Panasonic said it will stop producing solar cells and modules at tesla s factory in buffalo n y ending a four year joint venture with the electric automaker. Once complete tesla expects the gigafactory to be the biggest building in the world and entirely powered by renewable energy sources. Panasonic s withdrawal from buffalo follows scrutiny of the factory that new york spent close to 1 billion to develop for solarcity the solar energy company tesla acquired in 2016. Still the gigafactory is about 30 percent done.