Nextrackera global manufacturer of solar trackers and related software solutions, and Unimactsa provider of industrial manufacturing and supply chain solutions, has started a new factory in the Las Vegas area.
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This is the second special production line for Nextracker that Unimacts has opened in the past year. The new 160,000-square-foot facility in Sloan, Nevada, produces steel torsion tubes used to hold and rotate solar panels in single-axis solar tracker projects. The two plants will support more than 2 GW of new solar energy every year.
“Unimacts is proud to play a role in providing key components and supply chain management that enables the energy transition,” said Alan Hayes, CEO of Unimacts. “The federal stimulus allows us to confidently invest in American manufacturing, create manufacturing jobs in Nevada and grow the local economy. After inaugurating our first Nevada solar component manufacturing facility in Las Vegas just nine months ago, we are pleased to once again collaborate with the Nextracker team, expand clean energy manufacturing capacity and contribute to local jobs.”
Nextracker has opened or expanded more than 20 U.S. manufacturing facilities since 2021, including new or expanded dedicated production lines in Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee and Nevada.
“Today’s announcement is a great example of clean energy fueling an American manufacturing renaissance in Nevada and across the United States. Creating and expanding supply chains here at home strengthens America’s energy security, creates good-paying jobs and stimulates the economy. These new manufacturing facilities also illustrate the key role of American technology in creating a clean, reliable and affordable grid,” said Jason Grumet, CEO of American Clean Power.
ACP estimates that the IRA will help create 550,000 new clean energy jobs, more than doubling the current clean energy workforce. As a result, the clean energy industry will directly support a workforce of nearly one million Americans by 2030.
Nextracker and Unimacts held a dedication event today to announce the new line at the Sloan Las Vegas facility. The new factory brings the company’s annual domestic solar tracker capacity to more than 30 GW.
“American manufacturing has quickly become the heartbeat of the clean energy revolution,” said Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker. “There is a trifecta of perfect conditions for this manufacturing renaissance: a great workforce, a large local clean steel industry and strong demand for renewable energy. Over the past three years, Nextracker has operationalized more than twenty factories, creating thousands of jobs. This is what growth and scaling up look like.”
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