{"id":57166,"date":"2021-12-21T05:19:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=57166"},"modified":"2022-04-22T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T06:23:10","slug":"tindo-solar-factory-mb2281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tindo-solar-factory-mb2281\/","title":{"rendered":"See Inside The New $5 Million Tindo Solar Panel Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Inside Tindo Solar&#039;s New $5 Million Panel Factory\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NBu1PO5VNA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock chats with Tindo Solar&#8217;s Glenn Morelli and takes a look inside Tindo&#8217;s brand new solar panel factory in Adelaide&#8217;s northern suburbs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Transcript begins &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><b>Finn:<\/b> So &#8211; why the new factory, what was wrong with the old one?<\/p>\n<p><b>Glenn:<\/b> Well, a couple of things really. 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That&#8217;s a completely different way of making panels.<\/p>\n<p><b>Glenn:<\/b> That&#8217;s another new feature of our line; so we can do half cut cells and that&#8217;ll be what we&#8217;ll be rolling off as soon as we are commissioned.<\/p>\n<p><b>Finn:<\/b> So how much more throughput will you get in this factory compared to the old one?<\/p>\n<p><b>Glenn:<\/b> In rough numbers, this is about treble the throughput from the old plant.<\/p>\n<p><b>Finn:<\/b> Wow, so that&#8217;s obviously based on demand?<\/p>\n<p><b>Glenn:<\/b> Yeh, based on demand &#8211; since COVID, we&#8217;ve had huge demand. There&#8217;s a real push, particularly from community, for Australian-made.<\/p>\n<h2>Australian-Made Vs. 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