Confluence Solar will manufacture silicon for solar photovoltaics application in Clinton, Tennessee. …
… “The facility will produce premium quality mono-crystal silicon ingots for photovoltaic solar power generation. The company’s HiCz brand products increase the efficiency of solar cells by 15% or more, helping manufacturers of solar panels generate electricity more efficiently at a cost equivalent to or better than can be done using multi-crystal silicon ingot. ” …
Via Phil Bredesen, Tennessee Governor: $200 Million Solar Manufacturing Facility
Solar plant launch video.
Discussion of silicon solar cell materials via EERE: Single Crystal Silicon: “To create silicon in a single-crystal state, we must first melt high-purity silicon. We then cause it to reform or solidify very slowly in contact with a single crystal seed. ”
Confluence Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of high quality single crystal silicon for the solar photovoltaic industry.
Anderson County, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce.