The European Commission’s official website, July 11: Funded by the TANGO project and the Innovation Fund, the European Union is building the 3Sun factory in Sicily, Italy, into Europe’s largest next-generation solar panel or photovoltaic cell GigaFactory. 3Sun is the first highly innovative solar panel industrial-scale manufacturer in Europe and the first in Europe to mass-produce double-sided panels using Heterojunction Technology (HJT).

At present, the construction of the super factory has started, and the required investment is about 600 million euros, of which about 118 million euros will be provided by the EU innovation fund. The project is planned to be put into operation in 2023. At that time, 3Sun's production capacity will jump from the current 200 megawatts per year to 3 gigawatts per year, which will generate about 5.5 gigawatts of renewable electricity per year, enough to meet the annual electricity needs of more than 2 million Italian households.

Europe is leading the way in the production of heterojunction technology panels that have reached commercial scale and are recognized as a game-changer in the photovoltaic market due to their high performance and overall energy benefits.