Press Release
June 11, 2026
Qcells begins solar cell manufacturing at America’s first and only vertically integrated solar factory in Cartersville, Georgia
• Qcells’ Cartersville facility will add 3.3 GW of vertically integrated ingot, wafer, cell, and 3.5 GW of module capacity when fully operational. • Qcells’ total U.S. output will hit 8.6 GW by the end of the Q3 2026, approximately the energy needed to power roughly 1.3 million American homes for a year. • Cartersville will be the first and only U.S. factory to produce the major parts of a solar photovoltaic module under one roof, from ingot to finished panel. • Qcells customers will benefit fro