T1 Energy Signs New Offtake Deals for More Than 1.58 Gigawatts, With Cells From Its G2_Austin Fab in Rockdale
The Austin-based manufacturer now has more than 4 gigawatts of its 2027 capacity under contract. Its Rockdale cell fab's first 2.1-gigawatt phase is expected to produce cells in the first quarter of 2027.
T1 Energy Inc., the Austin-based solar manufacturer, announced Friday morning that it has signed new offtake deals totaling more than 1.58 gigawatts of advanced solar modules, including contracts with subsidiaries of independent power producer Avantus, the company said in a Globe Newswire release. The modules are to be supplied from its G1_Dallas solar module facility in 2027 and 2028.
The Texas thread runs through the supply chain. The modules are expected to use a blend of imported solar cells and domestically produced cells from T1's G2_Austin solar cell fab in Rockdale, in Milam County northeast of Austin. T1 began construction of G2_Austin in December 2025, and its first 2.1-gigawatt phase is expected to produce cells in the first quarter of 2027, the company said. It expects to offer modules with greater than 60 percent domestic content in 2027.
With the new deals, T1 said it now has more than 4 gigawatts of its 2027 manufacturing capacity under contract, against a 5-gigawatt module facility in Dallas. 'TOPCon is one of the most advanced crystalline-silicon module technologies in commercial production today,' Chairman and CEO Dan Barcelo said in the release. 'America's AI infrastructure and energy grid need high-efficiency modules - and we're building them here, in Texas.'
The company said it acquired foundational TOPCon solar patents and other intellectual property in July, part of a strategy it describes as offering customers a traceable and reliable domestic supply chain. The production timing and contract expectations are the company's own forward-looking statements, carried here as its stated plans.
