This is Nextracker's third new factory, adding
to the company's new Texas and
Arizona factories announced in
April and May, towards building 10 GW of annual domestic solar
tracker capacity
PITTSBURGH, June 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nextracker LLC, the global
market leader in utility-scale solar trackers, and BCI Steel, a
Pittsburgh-based steel fabricator,
today announced the reopening of the historic Bethlehem Steel
manufacturing factory in nearby Leetsdale to produce solar tracker equipment
for large-scale solar power plants.
The steel processing plant will incorporate both BCI Steel's new
and reshored equipment shipped to the U.S. from factories in
Malaysia and Brazil. Solar tracker products produced at the
factory will serve rapidly growing solar markets in Pennsylvania, Indiana, New
York, and Ohio.
"BCI is proud to advance Pittsburgh's legacy as the heart of America's
steel industry," said Matt
Carroll, CEO of BCI Steel. "This partnership with
Nextracker showcases our steel fabrication and quality control
technology and unlocks additional domestic solar capacity with our
low-cost manufacturing."
"U.S. Steel is pleased to supply steel that is mined, melted and
made in America for Nextracker's advanced solar tracker systems. We
applaud Nextracker's expansion of manufacturing in Pittsburgh and other locations in the U.S."
said Ken Jaycox, SVP and CCO at
United States Steel Corporation. "Providing industry
leading products for our customers utilizing advanced technology
and fully optimized facilities is key to U. S. Steel's Best for
All® strategy."
This is the third solar tracker fabrication line Nextracker
has commissioned with a steel manufacturing partner in 2022 as part
of its commitment to rebuilding America's steel and solar supply
chains. With additional capacity in Pittsburgh, Nextracker is building out 10 GW
of "Made in America" manufacturing capacity — enough to power 7.5
million homes. Earlier this year, Nextracker opened a green steel
tracker production line in Texas
with JM Steel, and another dedicated steel production line in
Arizona with Atkore. Under this
reshoring initiative, Nextracker has already procured over 100,000
tons of U.S.-made steel so far this year, enough for approximately
5 GW of solar trackers.
"BCI Steel's Pittsburgh factory
enables the quick-ship response times we need to meet booming
demand from our customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Heartland
regions," said Dan Shugar, CEO
and Founder of Nextracker. "This investment will increase the
resilience of the U.S. solar supply chain and bring manufacturing
jobs, equipment, and capacity back to America."
The newly reopened Pittsburgh
factory is ideally situated with proximity to river and rail
transport in a location steeped in manufacturing history. The
factory lies on the same grounds where steel fabricators built
materials for tank landing ships (LSTs) during WWII.
The dedication ceremony was attended by top dignitaries and
leaders from some of the world's largest clean energy companies,
including the CEO of EDPR Sandhya Ganapathy and the Chief Operating
Officer of Lightsource bp Ann
Davies. To learn more about Nextracker's steel partners and
U.S. manufacturing program, read the story, here.
About Nextracker
Nextracker is the leading provider of intelligent, integrated
solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and
ground-mounted distributed generation solar projects around the
world. Our products enable solar panels in utility-scale power
plants to follow the sun's movement across the sky and optimize
plant performance. With over 50 GW shipped worldwide, Nextracker
leads the solar industry with solar tracker technologies that
optimize and increase energy production while reducing costs for
significant plant ROI. For more information, please
visit www.Nextracker.com.
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About BCI Steel
Headquartered in Leetsdale, PA
just outside of Pittsburgh, BCI
Steel is a global engineering, contract manufacturing and supply
chain management company specializing in the production of
industrial metal products for Original Equipment Manufacturers. In
addition to steel fabrication, we are experts in new product
development, design for manufacturing, quality control, and
logistics. BCI has worked closely with Nextracker since its
inception to help deliver the highest quality steel products to its
solar tracker customers around the world.
For more information: https://bci-engineering.com/
About U. S. Steel (NYSE:
X)
Founded in 1901, United States Steel Corporation is a leading
steel producer. With an unwavering focus on safety, the company's
customer-centric Best for All® strategy is advancing a more secure,
sustainable future for U. S. Steel and its stakeholders. With a
renewed emphasis on innovation, U. S. Steel serves the automotive,
construction, appliance, energy, containers, and packaging
industries with high value-added steel products such as U. S.
Steel's proprietary XG3™ advanced high-strength steel. The company
also maintains competitively advantaged iron ore production and has
an annual raw steelmaking capability of 22.4 million metric net
tons. U. S. Steel is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with world-class
operations across the United
States and in Central
Europe. For more information, please
visit www.ussteel.com.
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