Heliene has announced it is planning a 1 GW module, 1.5 GW cell factory in the US state of Minnesota, an expansion from the existing 700 MW of module production capacity. The European Commission has allocated $99 million to support Enel Group’s 3 GW heterojunction solar module factory in Catania, which will expand from its current 200 MW to 400 MW by September 2023. GCL System Integration will raise $800 million from a share issuance mostly in order to fund a 20 GW solar cell factory and a 10 GWh battery factory. Xinyi Group is to invest $11 billion into a solar-grade glass factory in Indonesia, working off the country’s existing quartz sand and silica production. Italian company Satinal…