INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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Butte Silane Facility
REC Silicon
Butte, MT, USA
-112.688409245718, 45.9699094806952
The Big Green Machine Site ID: 394
Additional Information:
Sector: Solar
Activity: Manufacturing
Product: Silicon
Project Announcement Date: 1/1/1997
Target for Starting Production: 1998
Date Commercial Production Started: 1998
Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No
Target Annual Production: 2000 tpa
Operating Status: Closed
Target Jobs: 300
Current Jobs: 300
Congressional District: Republican
Government Subsidies:
We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.
Selected Sources:
“Silicon Production Facilities”, REC Silicon, 05 Jul 2022. 🔗
“Hanwha Solutions Becomes the Largest Shareholder of “Clean Polysilicon” Manufacturer REC Silicon to Build a Green Solar Supply Chain”, hanwha.com, 03 Apr 2022. 🔗
“REC Silicon”, REC Silicon, 22 Jun 2022. 🔗
“REC Silicon to shut down polysilicon production capacity in Montana, US”, Jonathan Touriño Jacobo, PV Tech, 08 Feb 2024. 🔗
“Hanwha to exit from polysilicon business in US”, KED Global, KED Global, 02 Jan 2025. 🔗
“REC Silicon's strategic shift in Butte”, REC Silicon Investor Hub, 09 Feb 2024. 🔗
Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:
This site has 1 major expansion(s).
Those expansion(s) are tracked below:
Site 394B: Butte Silane Gas Facility