Solar cell and module-manufacturing facility
Mission Solar Energy is the first and only solar cell and module-manufacturing facility in the U.S. and Texas is the company’s headquarters.
Mission hopes to head off Asian imports with its made-in-the-U.S.A. products. It is a company that will make solar panels for installation at local solar farms to fuel the community.
With enough room to build two more factories, the facility can expand quickly, said planning manager Sam Martens of Mission Solar Energy.
Their grand opening was Sept. 22 and they have been in production for a little over two months.
“We create the cells here,” said communications lead Laura Waldrum at Mission Solar Energy. “Then we actually assemble the panels here as well.”
“At the moment, all the panels that are produced here are going to various CPS Energy projects,” Martens said. “Our parent company, OCI Solar Power has a supply agreement with CPS Energy to supply panels for various Alamo projects.”
“Mission Solar Energy’s Alamo projects are to generate clean energy to CPS Energy solar farms,” said Martens.