Texas Sends Another Solar Manufacturing Love Letter To The US

The article highlights Texas’s growing prominence as a national leader in solar energy, not only through its abundant sunshine and regulatory environment but also via its expanding solar manufacturing sector. Despite some legislative attempts within Texas to slow solar growth, the industry is thriving, creating thousands of factory jobs and producing solar equipment distributed across the United States. A notable example is T1 Energy, formerly Freyr Battery, which relocated its headquarters to Austin and is developing large-scale solar module factories in Texas. T1 is partnering with Corning Incorporated’s Hemlock venture in Michigan to source polysilicon and wafers domestically, enabling a vertically integrated supply chain that supports stable, American-made solar cell and module production. The article also emphasizes that while federal tariff and tax policies have created uncertainty for solar development projects, solar manufacturing remains robust due to strong White House support for onshoring supply chains. This domestic focus ensures supply chain certainty and regulatory compliance, fostering long-term growth and energy resilience. The U.S. solar manufacturing industry,