Bloomberg, Chicago – First Solar Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film solar modules, said it will build a 2-gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. The project will be built in four phases, the first beginning by June 1, 2010, and the final phase to be completed by 2019, Tempe, Arizona-based [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )First Solar, Inc. today announced that Robert J. Gillette has been appointed chief executive officer, succeeding Mike Ahearn. Mr. Gillette brings a wealth of experience to this position, having spent the last four and a half years as the CEO and president of Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell International’s most profitable business group with current sales of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Dow Jones, New York – First Solar Inc. and Southern California Edison signed a contract to build two large solar-power projects in Southern California with a combined 550 megawatts of capacity, making it one of the largest solar photovoltaic power deals in the U.S. The companies said the plants–to be built in Riverside and San [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )American Electric Power Co Inc signed a long-term power purchase agreement to buy all of the output of a 10.08-megawatt solar energy facility to be built in Ohio, the company said in a release Monday. Through the 20-year agreement signed with Wyandot Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Germany’s juwi solar Inc, AEP said in the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )(Reuters): A collapse in silicon prices threatens to put the heat on solar panel makers that use little of the material, such as Japan’s Sharp Corp and even low-cost industry darling First Solar Inc. Spot prices on the solar industry’s key raw material, polysilicon, have halved since January, giving a leg up to solar panels [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )First Solar, Inc., has entered into a 25-year power purchase agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., a wholesale electric power supplier serving more than 1.4 million consumers through 44 electric cooperatives and public power districts in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. “This photovoltaic (PV) power plant is another demonstration of our ability to provide affordable, [...]
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