A steel processing plant in Pennsylvania that predates World War I has returned to operations and is producing crucial components for an industry non-existent 100 years ago — solar power.
The next several years will undoubtedly be busy for solar manufacturing in the United States. The Inflation Reduction Act includes federal provisions for manufacturing tax credits to bolster and support new and existing production operations for solar hardware, geared toward components used in large-scale projects like solar tracker torque tubes.
Within the last year, Nextracker opened three new U.S. factory lines with manufacturing partners. In addition to the Leetsdale location, there are new factories in Phoenix, Arizona, and Sinton, Texas, run by contract manufacturers that also produce other tracker components.
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