How This Georgia Factory Is Surviving America’s Solar Policy Whiplash

How Qcells’ Georgia factory is surviving US solar policy whiplash

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultrathin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to get what are known as cells. “The…

How this Georgia factory is surviving America's solar policy whiplash

Inside the vast Qcells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to get what are known as cells. “The $2.5 billion, the 3.5 million gallons of water, the 90 megawatts of power, the 60 tons of chemicals on site, and all of the football fields worth of infrastructure you’ve seen is to arrive at this,” said Scott Bell of Qcells, ho…

How this Georgia factory is surviving America’s solar policy whiplash

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Inside the vast QCells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a…