phil beisel
@pbeisel · Jan 30, 2026
Elon Musk has set an aggressive goal: 100 GW/year of fully integrated U.S. solar cell and panel production, critical for the grid, AI data centers, and what comes next.
Today, Tesla is just getting started. At Gigafactory New York in Buffalo, Tesla is producing its new 420W
Tesla Energy@teslaenergy· Jan 29, 2026New Tesla Solar Panel & Tesla Panel Mount now available
Solar Panel
– 420W
– Uses same cascading cell technology as our Solar Roof cells to create 18 power zones (3x more than conventional panels). This reduces energy loss in shaded conditions & produces more energy
Panel
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
China already has 1500 GW/year production capacity, so this is still small fry by comparison
08:23 PM · January 30, 2026 · 233.4K views
381
194
3.5K