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First Solar is a leading US solar technology company & provider of responsibly produced eco-efficient solar modules advancing the fight against climate change.

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First Solar
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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,…
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Today, First Solar’s CEO, Mark Widmar, met with Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi . They had a constructive discussion about India’s renewable energy landscape and First Solar’s plans to manufacture in 🇮🇳. @investindia @PMOIndia @MinOfPower @FinMinIndia
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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
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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
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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
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The first Series 6 module production equipment has arrived! The future of energy is here. #SolarRevolution
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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
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We broke ground on our new 1.2 gigawatt factory today in Perrysburg, Ohio! #Solar #SolarFuture
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First Solar is deeply disappointed in @POTUS ’s decision to exclude bifacial panels from the Section 201 safeguard extension. Read our full statement here.
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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
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A bird's eye view of this magnificent solar plant to start the week off on the right foot. Any guesses as to what this plant is called?
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#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?
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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
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The pleasure was all ours, Mr. Ambassador. We look forward to continuing our dialogue. @SandhuTaranjitS @IndianEmbassyUS
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Taranjit Singh Sandhu (ਮੋਦੀ ਦਾ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ)
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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.
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First Solar and Apple Strike Industry’s Largest Commercial Power Deal http://t.co/nZt8j9OLG3 @tim_cook http://t.co/A2QX4OOyCd
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Proud to celebrate #EarthDay with the smallest carbon footprint of any PV tech company.
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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
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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…
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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
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First Solar has produced its 200 Millionth Module! That's enough modules to circle the world 6 times or cover the entire island of #Manhattan . #Solar #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy #FirstSolar
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#FeatureFriday : An expansive look at the majestic #DesertSunlight solar power plant This 550MW plant uses almost nine million #FirstSolar modules to produce enough energy to power about 160,000 California homes. #AmericanSolar #ThinFilmPV #SolarEnergy
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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…
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We're the 1st thin film PV mod. manufacturer to ship 1 GW (DC) of PV solar capacity to India!
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Today we celebrated the arrival of the first Series 6 manufacturing equipment to our Vietnam factory! #solarrevolution
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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.
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Ali Zaidi
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. @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.👇🏼
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First Solar today broke ground on a new Ohio factory at a ceremony attended by US Labor Secretary @SecMartyWalsh , Ohio Lt. Gov. @JonHusted , and US Representatives @boblatta and @RepMarcyKaptur #AmericasSolarCompany #FirstSolar #SolarMadeInUSA
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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)
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Nothing like a beautiful solar project for some #MondayMotivation . Any guesses as to where this project is located?
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#Australia is now a leader in utility-scale #solar energy
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Desalination in the Middle East with solar PV can save 320 billion liters of diesel per year. #worldwaterday
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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.
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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.
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#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
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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.
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We’re proud to be powering a circular solar future by recovering more than 90% of the materials from the PV modules we recycle. #AmericaRecycles #CircularEconomy #solarpv
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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.
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Congratulations @Genex_Power for achieving generation at the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Australia #Series4
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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.
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First Solar’s factories in Ohio, the largest #SolarPV mfg footprint in the Western Hemisphere, are a marvel of modern manufacturing. #ManufacturingMarvels gives viewers an inside peek - #Series6 production. This is solar #MadeInAmerica . #AmericasSolarCompany
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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.
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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…
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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:
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We're celebrating the opening of #Australia ’s two largest utility-scale #solar plants.
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#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
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Discover the major aspects that affect a #solar plant's cost per kilowatt-hour.
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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
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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
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Desalination can help 2.8B people facing water scarcity. #Solar can help to decarbonize this energy intense process.
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Photosol has chosen @FirstSolar PV modules for 14 projects totaling 106.5 MW. #Solar #France #cleanenergy
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Find out more about how we use recycling to create a regenerative source of our semiconductor: #Recycle #Sustainability
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First Solar supports @RenewableBuyers as they work to ensure the #BuildBackBetter clean energy provisions succeed in accelerating grid #decarbonization .
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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…
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#EarthDay everyday
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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.
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Secretary Marty Walsh
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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.
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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. 🏆🏆
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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!
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Driving a circular economy will be critical to the PV industry’s long-term resource resilience. #recycling #solar
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Coober Pedy, the backdrop for #MadMax , received its 1st shipment of @FirstSolar modules as part of a hybrid energy project. #renewable
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The Cowboy State got a special delivery earlier this week. Any guesses as to where these donated #Series6 modules will be installed? #9HEnergy
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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…
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An in depth look at how solar has become compettive with fossil fuels - #Solar
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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…
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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!
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Ohio utility-scale solar in on the rise and First Solar is pleased to be part of this growth. #AmericasSolarCompany
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See @NEXTracker in our #spicon booth 745 and watch now to see why the two are a great combination.
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#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!
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It is with honor that First Solar accepts the @pvmagazine 2019 Sustainability Award. We are dedicated to leading the world’s sustainable energy future. #lowestcarbon #cleanersolar #circulareconomy
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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,…
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Final panel installed at Nyngan Solar Plant, the largest #solar project in Australia http://t.co/BDvyYir6qt http://t.co/ecuukHsfnZ
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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.
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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…
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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:
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. @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
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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
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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
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First Solar achieves another record cell conversion efficiency rate reaching 22.1% cell efficiency!
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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:
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Air pollution is the world’s single largest environmental health risk. Replacing grid electricity with #FirstSolar PV can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants by up to 98%. #EUGreenWeek #Airpollution #ResponsibleSolar
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Thinking big: #FirstSolar is the sole American company among the world’s 10 largest solar manufacturers. Proudly American, First Solar powers communities, #innovation , and #decarbonization with #cleanersolar technology designed in #America . @pvmagazine :
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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
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HopSol chose @FirstSolar 's PV modules for Namibia's largest grid-integrated #solar plant.
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Relax and (literally) recharge at the @SIGardens ' #RechargeStations , donated by @FirstSolar as part of the @SmithsonianAIB #TheFUTURES exhibition. #AmericanSolar workers from CA to OH made it possible. #AmericasSolarCompany
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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…
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First Solar is ranked #55 on @barronsonline 's most #sustainable companies and it's the only Solar company to make the list!
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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.
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Now is the time: Saudi Arabia is ready for #solar energy
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Some #MondayMotivation from up in the clouds. Any guesses as to where this magnificent project is located?
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The first Series 6 production equipment has arrived in our Kulim, Malaysia factory. The future of energy is here! #SolarRevolution
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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."
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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
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@FirstSolar to deliver 48.5MW Manildra Solar Farm in Australia. On track to surpass +400MW in #Australia #solar #PV
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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.
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Ice Industries
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Ice Industries investing $9MM in new facility to supply solar energy industry leader @FirstSolar . #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy #RollForming
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