SunPower Set to Create New U.S. Solar Panel Factory, CEO Says

President Donald Trump wanted more U.S. solar-power manufacturing jobs when he cracked down on imports—now he’s getting them.

SunPower Corp. will announce in about three weeks plans for a U.S. plant to make some of the panels it now makes abroad, Chief Executive Officer Tom Werner said March 30 in a phone interview. The U.S.-based company currently makes most of its power-generating panels in Asia and Mexico.

The choice of location is between two sites in two Western states, Werner said. Production would begin in less than 10 months, ...