Hillsboro, Oregon
America’s largest and most advanced solar PV production facility
Hillsboro is the site of our new Americas headquarters and the location of the largest and most advanced single solar photovoltaics production facility in this region of the world. Hillsboro is located approximately 20 miles west of Portland, OR, in the heart of the Pacific Northwest and the “Silicon Forest”, where clean hydro-electric power and a trained high-tech workforce provide an excellent climate for growth. The site is currently under reconstruction, with an investment of over $400 million. The State of Oregon has pledged to support these investments with property and business energy tax credits, making this an ideal new headquarters for US expansion.
With this and other new production capacities the SolarWorld Group is substantially expanding its position as the leading provider and producer of solar power technology in the high-growth US solar market. Together with the expansion of the silicon wafer production at Freiberg/Saxony to also 500 MW, the group will have a total global production in excess of one Gigawatt (1,000 Megawatt). This expansion has created a large number of new job opportunities at the Hillsboro location.
At this location, we have created a fully-integrated production line that spans crystal growing, wafering and cell production, and feeds our global supply chain with high-efficiency monocrystalline solar cells. A state-of-the-art facility, combined with a world-class team is helping SolarWorld achieve sustained leadership in the global solar market.
SolarWorld is bringing a new ethos to the Silicon Forest, emphasizing quality of life over the churn and burn, get-rich-quick mentality often found in West Coast high-technology companies. Providing a minimum of four (4) weeks vacation for our production staff and their support teams, coupled with innovative super long break work schedules, as well as five (5) weeks of vacation for our exempt/professional employees, SolarWorld is seeking a sustainable workforce that is energized by the opportunity to change the world. Our employees know that each day they are reducing America’s dependence on non-renewable resources by developing and producing clean, sustainable energy for homes, businesses, and commercial solar installations across the region.