Waaree Solar Americas, the solar panel brand that acquired the former Meyer Burger facility in Goodyear, Arizona, said it will invest about $37 million in the site to bring it back online. The American subsidiary of India’s Waaree Energies Limited said the upgrades will give the Goodyear plant 1.6 GW of annual solar panel assembly capacity, adding a new manufacturing line to Waaree’s U.S. footprint.

Once the Goodyear site is fully operational, Waaree will have a combined 4.8 GW of solar panel assembly capacity in the United States, including 3.2 GW in Texas and 1.6 GW in Arizona. The expansion adds to a broader push by solar manufacturers to build or expand U.S. production capacity as panel assembly, supply chains and factory utilization continue to draw attention across the industry.

Meyer Burger, a pioneer in heterojunction technology (HJT), produced solar panels at the Goodyear site for just one year before filing for bankruptcy in June 2025. At that time, Meyer Burger was the only HJT panel manufacturer in the United States. While the Goodyear facility and equipment were sold to Waaree, Meyer Burger’s HJT patents were acquired by Swift Solar, a perovskite startup.

Waaree manufactures a range of solar modules, including PERC, TOPCon and HJT designs. In its announcement on the Goodyear upgrade, the company said only that it would produce high-efficiency modules at the site.