Manufacturing Renaissance: Shining a Bright Light for Ohio鈥檚 Future
I鈥檓 trying to leave a legacy for my children.
This is the new energy, so why wouldn鈥檛 it be a generational opportunity for family?
The first and largest U.S. plant to produce high quality (550w) solar panels is providing residents in and around Pataskala, Ohio with new, good-paying jobs.听
Over 1,000 employees鈥攐r 鈥�Illuminators鈥濃�攇o to work each day at the massive new facility, which was announced in March 2023 and started production less than a year later.
It’s now the in the city.
They plan to produce nearly 10 million solar panels each year. 听That鈥檚 enough to produce 5 GW of solar energy and power 1 million homes.听听
And in less than six months of starting operations, IlluminateUSA workers produced their one millionth solar panel at the new facility.
鈥淎ll Ohioans should be proud of the work we鈥檙e doing here, it鈥檚 so forward-thinking, it鈥檚 the future.鈥�
Many of these jobs didn鈥檛 exist in the U.S. before the facility started production.听听
When the facility did open, the jobs were filled immediately鈥攁nd the facility had a solid wait list for future hiring.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a great opportunity for people of all ages, honestly. We have people here in their sixties, and people who are eighteen years old.鈥�
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IlluminateUSA plans to have over 1,200 Illuminators by the end of the year.
鈥淧eople can actually support their families from the money they make here.鈥�
In Pataskala, Ohio, the workers at this new solar panel facility are not only building renewable energy solutions in and for the USA, but also creating lasting legacies for the next generation.听
Find more stories of the new U.S. clean energy manufacturing renaissance in ACP’s Clean Energy Investing in America report.听