SEG Solar Expands Houston Operations with 4.6 GW Facility
SEG Solar is expanding its US manufacturing footprint with plans for a third solar module facility in Texas, a move that would significantly increase its domestic production capacity and deepen its presence in the American solar supply chain.
The Houston-based manufacturer is planning a 4.6 GW module assembly plant on a 1.15 million-square-foot site in the Houston area. Once operational, the facility will bring SEG Solar’s total planned US manufacturing capacity to 10.6 GW.
Construction is expected to be completed by March 2027, with commercial production scheduled to begin in May 2027. The company has reportedly signed an agreement with a local construction firm to deliver the project.
The announcement follows the planned August 2026 opening of SEG Solar’s second US facility, a 4 GW site also located in Texas. Together, the projects mark a rapid scale-up of the company’s domestic manufacturing base.
Beyond module assembly, SEG Solar is also advancing upstream integration and technology upgrades. The new facility is expected to support a transition toward heterojunction (HJT) solar technology, which offers higher efficiency performance and is increasingly being adopted across utility-scale solar manufacturing.
The plant is also being designed with compliance in mind, including alignment with Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) requirements through enhanced supply chain traceability and controls.
In parallel, the company is developing an ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in Indonesia and evaluating potential US locations for future HJT cell production, signaling a broader vertical integration strategy.
The expansion reflects a wider trend in the US solar industry, where manufacturers are scaling domestic capacity in response to policy incentives, rising demand for locally produced equipment, and stricter supply chain regulations.
Source: finance.yahoo.com
