Canadian Solar have started work on building their new manufacturing plant. They are going to start work in Mesquite, Texas and they have the ultimate plan of being able to start production at the end of 2023. The announcement marks the Canadian Solar entrance into US territory. They are one of the biggest module producers in the world and they happen to operate plants across Southeast Asia, Brazil, Canada and more. It's important to know that a lot of their products are shipped from China. The facility is state-of-the-art and if you work in renewables, you will know what a major impact this could have on the sector. The vast majority of modules that have been imported into the US do contain PERC cells. These are monocrystalline modules, and they make up around 95% of the global manufacturing amount. That being said, a transition is currently underway to try and generate higher-efficiency cells. This happens to include heterojunction and TOPCON.

When you break it all down, you will soon see that tunnel oxide passivated contact cells are actually gaining a lot of commercial interest and a lot of this comes down to the fact that the cells are doped with something called phosphorous. This has one more electron than the traditional silicone module. This makes it negatively charged. Of course, the very first solar cell was invented in the year 1954 and ever since then it has been N-type. Of course, this means that the P-type positive structure is much more dominant, and this has had a major impact on the renewables business. Only time will tell what the future holds for it but right now it looks like things are moving positively and in the right direction.