First Solar is a leading US solar technology company & provider of responsibly produced eco-efficient solar modules advancing the fight against climate change.
At First Solar, every day is Earth Day. More than 60 GW of First Solar modules have been deployed since 2002. Every year, these modules are displacing 38 million metric tons of CO2eq, assuming worldwide average irradiance and grid electricity emissions. With less embodied carbon,…
By investing in 🇮🇳, we are enabling the clean energy self-reliance of a major 🇺🇸 ally & strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific, supporting efforts to reduce its reliance on imported solar panels while securing its clean energy supply chain
#AtmaNirbharBharat
@investindia
First Solar intends to ‘Make in India’ by investing $684 million in a new, fully vertically integrated photovoltaic thin film solar module manufacturing facility.
#MakeInIndia
@investindia
We're announcing plans to build a new solar module manufacturing facility near our existing Perrysburg,
#Ohio
flagship plant. The 1.2 gigawatt factory is expected to create 500 new jobs in northwestern Ohio.
#Solar
#SolarFuture
We announced today that we will invest $680 million to expand America’s domestic PV solar manufacturing capacity by 3.3GW. Our third Ohio factory will come online in H1 2023 and increase our annual US capacity to 6GW.
#AmericasSolarCompany
First Solar is deeply disappointed in
@POTUS
’s decision to exclude bifacial panels from the Section 201 safeguard extension. Read our full statement here.
As America's Solar Company, we're proud to announce that North Alabama will be the site of our fourth American module manufacturing facility. The 3.5GW facility is expected to come online by 2025.
#AmericasSolarCompany
#MegawattMonday
An aerial view of 550MW of First Solar modules silently at work generating clean energy. Any guesses as to where this project is located?
First Solar will build its fifth US manufacturing facility in Louisiana. We are proud that our investment in American manufacturing will create stable, good-paying manufacturing jobs and economic and social value in the state.
#AmericasSolarCompany
@LEDLouisiana
…
Pleasure to host CEO
@FirstSolar
Mark Widmar in India House. Discussed progress of First Solar’s investments in
#India
including manufacturing facility, and the potential to expand bilateral cooperation in clean energy.
When First Solar began commercial production at its original Perrysburg factory in 2002, it employed 150 people and produced 1.5MW of modules. Now it’s expected to have 6,000MW of annual capacity and >2,250 people in 2025.
#AmericasSolarCompany
#Ohio
Today, we broke ground on a previously announced manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, our fifth fully vertically integrated factory in America. The ceremony was attended by
@LouisianaGov
and other dignitaries from the state.
The facility, believed to be the…
In passing the
#InflationReductionAct
, Congress and
@POTUS
entrusted our industry with the responsibility of enabling America's clean energy future. Today, we're meeting the moment and intend to invest up to $1.2 bn in America:
#AmericasSolarCompany
By expanding America’s solar manufacturing base, and the value chains that support it, we are working to ensure that the US enters the next decade in a position of strength, fully capable of producing the technology it needs to complete its transition to a sustainable energy…
Today's announcement is as much about innovation and jobs as it is about manufacturing. We've invested over $1.5 billion in R&D and will continue to invest in innovation that delivers the next generation of solar tech necessary for our country to lead on the global stage.
.
@POTUS
often says, “When I think climate, I think jobs.”
Here’s another example just today of him DELIVERING on that conviction.
Decades ago, we invented solar. Bc of
@POTUS
leadership, that tech will increasingly be MADE IN AMERICA.
Results, folks.👇🏼
First Solar welcomes
@RioTinto
's decision to construct a new plant to recover tellurium, a byproduct of copper smelting, in UT. This facility creates a new domestic source of a critical mineral essential in the fight against climate change. (1/3)
Thank you,
@POTUS
. We are investing in
✅American ingenuity and innovation
✅Responsibly-made American solar technology that meaningfully fights climate change
✅Good-paying, stable American jobs
We are America's Solar Company, and we are proud to be investing in America.
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we're creating thousands of good-paying jobs right here in America.
But don't take my word for it: take Corning and First Solar’s, who both announced new factories today.
It's our plan in action.
#ICYMI
, In June, we announced that we will invest $680 million to expand America’s domestic PV solar manufacturing capacity by 3.3GW. Our third Ohio factory will come online in H1 2023 and increase our annual US capacity to 6GW.
#AmericasSolarCompany
#LookingBack
#EndofYear
First Solar was the proud winner of The Smarter E Award at
@Intersolar
2018 for demonstrating how renewables can deliver essential reliability services for a low carbon grid.
From brownfield to award-winning project, this Arkansas
#DistributedGeneration
project has a story to tell!
Contact our team today to upgrade your DG project to the next level.
First Solar is acquiring Evolar, a European leader in perovskite technology. We are investing not just in First Solar’s future, but the future of solar energy.
The passage of the
#InflationReductionAct
is a victory for 🇺🇸. It's an opportunity to:
✅ Achieve energy security with responsible solar
✅ Create jobs and economic value where needed most
✅ Facilitate cycles of innovation
Read Mark Widmar's statement here.
Analysis conducted by the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center for First Solar maps the impact of high-value manufacturing on America’s economy. The numbers, expected to scale with First Solar’s US nameplate manufacturing capacity, speak for themselves: fully vertically…
First Solar is the first PV company to receive the new 62941 IEC Technical Standard, under the IECRE (IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Renewable Energy Applications) conformity assessment system. Read more:
#ICYMI
#ResponsibleSolar
is about maximizing material recovery at the end of a solar module’s useful life through industry leading, high-value PV recycling services. First Solar’s recycling process recovers more than 90% of module materials for reuse.
#recyclingrenewablesweek
Research by
@NREL
and
#FirstSolar
has produced highly accurate, real-time estimates of available aggregate peak power that a curtailed solar power plant can deliver to support the broader needs of the grid.
@pvmagazineusa
First Solar's technology embodies sustainability & a responsibility towards people & the planet. Our technology is produced with a zero-tolerance policy towards forced labor & features the industry's lowest carbon & water footprint.
#ResponsibleSolar
First Solar is proud to sponsor the
@UMSolarCarTeam
as they race to victory at the
@WorldSolarChlg
, the world's premier solar-powered car race, this October. Our engineers recently met with participating students at our Ohio manufacturing facility.
#FSxUofM
#AmericasSolarCompany
Climate change poses one of society’s greatest challenges. Where and how a PV module and its components are manufactured significantly impacts its environmental profile. Every year, First Solar products are displacing more than 10 times the amount of greenhouse gas emissions we…
American solar manufacturing creates steady, good-paying jobs. We intend to have over 3,000 direct employees in four states by 2025 while supporting an estimated 15,000 indirect and induced jobs across the country. We're proud to do our part.
Just weeks after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act,
@FirstSolar
has announced investing $1 billion in a new solar panel manufacturing facility.
Clean energy jobs and clean energy manufacturing, here at home. This is
@POTUS
' vision in action.
Great news! The
#ZacapaSolar
project won
@Solar_Builder
's Project of the Year: Editor’s Choice Award. The project is powered by 9MW of First Solar technology. 🏆🏆
Who says solar energy and snow don't mix? Here's an aerial view of a
#DistributedGeneration
project featuring our
#Series6
modules in our home state of Ohio.
Working on a DG project? Contact us today for a quote!
These are
#AmericasSolarWorkers
. Since 1999, First Solar has called northwest Ohio home, producing American-designed and -made thin film solar panels in what is today the largest fully vertically integrated solar panel manufacturing complex outside of China. By strategically…
First Solar secured a spot in the top 100 on Corporate Knights' 20th Annual Global 100 list, showcasing our dedication to leading the world’s sustainable energy future. Corporate Knights assessed 6,733 companies based on 25 quantitative key performance indicators to identify…
Friday thoughts: Is the grass really greener on the other side? Tune in below for some
#SheepThrills
alongside our
#Series4
modules in
@SiliconRanchCo
's Providence, Tennessee solar project. A big thank you to Trent Hendricks from
#CabriejoRanch
for the footage!
#FeelgoodFriday
: Summer scenes from sunny, southern Georgia. This might be the cutest O&M crew we've seen yet. 🐑
Thanks to Trent Hendricks for the footage!
Electricity is the lifeblood of America.
Once manufactured,
#FirstSolar
ships its solar panels to sites around the country where engineers and construction workers install them in large-scale solar power plants using components like mounting structures, cabling, and inverters,…
Sunny scenes from the Sun Streams Complex in Maricopa County, Arizona with our partners at
@LongroadTweet
. These projects are expected to generate over $40 million for Arizona’s schools via a long-term lease with the
@AZStateLand
, and over $5 million in tax revenue.
First Solar recently achieved a new single-junction CdTe cell efficiency record of 22.3% based on its novel CuRe technology platform. The new record, measured and certified by
@NREL
signals incremental conversion efficiency potential that surpasses First Solar’s prior core…
Mark Widmar, CEO, Jason Dymbort, General Counsel, and Samantha Sloan, Vice President of Global Policy, represented First Solar's associates at today's
@WhiteHouse
event celebrating the
#InflationReductionAct
, hosted by
@POTUS
and
@VP
. Read Mark's message:
.
@NSGPilkingtonNA
fired up the furnace at its new glass factory in Luckey,
#Ohio
. Its first new glass float furnace in the United States since 1980 has created 150 new jobs and is a direct result of First Solar's expanded American mfg. footprint in Ohio.
#AmericasSolarCompany
First Solar is excited to be attending Intersolar South America. See what our new Series 6 module looks like at the Stinorland Brasil, booth F141 and Soltec, booth D121.
#Series6
First Solar & 15 other solar manufacturers wrote to
@POTUS
reinforcing our commitment to growing a domestic solar supply chain. With the right policies, such as
@ossoff
's
#SEMA
, our energy transition can be powered by American solar
Flying high at the 8.1MW Mavericks Solar Farm in Mead, Colorado. This project is named after the local high school’s mascot.
@UnitedPower
@SiliconRanchCo
Learn more about First Solar's DG offerings here:
American Solar is a marvelous thing – join Energy Marvels for a peek inside our Ohio factory, soon to be expanded along with a new R&D facility and the quality jobs that accompany our growth.
#AmericanSolar
Today, First Solar announced that it has entered into a 15-year, captive Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with
@CleantechSolar
, a leading provider of renewable energy solutions to corporations in India and Southeast Asia.
Under the agreement, Cleantech Solar will construct 150 MW…
The
#FirstSolar
San Francisco office just got an upgrade! Check out our all new
#Series6
module installation. Thanks to our
#ecosystem
partner
#ModuRack
who supplied the mounting structure for the setup.
First Solar is proud to power the largest operational utility-scale solar power plant in Zambia with its high-performance thin film modules. The Bangweulu project was developed by Neoen and First Solar, under the World Bank’s Scaling Solar program.
Today, we celebrate America’s solar workers. The thousands of people that go to work each day in factories, R&D labs, mines, railyards, and warehouses, enable First Solar’s uniquely American solar technology. Thanks to their work, there isn’t a more American solar technology in…
Tellurium is a crucial component in First Solar's thin film semiconductor, and at the
@RioTinto
Kennecott mine in Magna, Utah, it’s refined from copper mining waste tailings. First Solar gives tellurium new life as the most eco-efficient photovoltaic semiconductor available…
The unveiling of the
@UMSolarCarTeam
's Astrum was one to remember. Our VP of Product, Nick Strevel, said: "We're excited to see what you can do. This is just the beginning of such a great relationship, & I hope all of you find it as rewarding as we have at First Solar."
PV Magazine 2018 Annual Awards announced and
#FirstSolar
-
#Series
6 module makes the list! We proudly receive this honor in recognition of our dedication to advancing the solar industry through technology innovation.
#EnergyTransition
#PVMagazine
When First Solar grows, so do our suppliers. We're excited to see
@IceIndustriesHQ
adding a new local factory -- and up to 120 new jobs --- to help support our third factory expansion in Perrysburg, Ohio.