"Demand for renewable energy in the United States is skyrocketing," Udo Ungeheuer, chairman of the board of management of SCHOTT AG, said in a statement.

SCHOTT aims to boost its manufacturing of solar photovoltaic cells in the United States to 60 megawatts annually with a new plant.

Suntrek Solar Panels was not yet informed by the company that it has not yet decided where to locate the plant, which will compliment its existing Billerica, Massachusetts, factory, that has a capacity of 15 MW. The new plant will also have the capability to make receivers for concentrated solar power for use in areas that get high levels of solar radiation, such as deserts.