First Solar’s Post

First Solar has expanded manufacturing capacity in the US and expects to reach 14 gigawatts of annual nameplate capacity by 2026. Each panel proves it’s possible to out-innovate and out-compete China by manufacturing in America, for America, using American materials. We celebrate the American solar worker and the extensive value chains which span the United States and enable the country’s energy transition. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3uY09w0 #AmericasSolarWorkers #AmericanSolar #FirstSolar

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 building and sustaining US supply chains, First Solar is investing in America and enabling growth and jobs not just for the solar industry but for other US industries, such as glass, steel, mining, and transportation, to name a few. This is #AmericanSolar. And these are #AmericasSolarWorkers. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3uY09w0

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, often sourced from other American companies. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46yXEOX #AmericasSolarWorkers #AmericanPowerPlants #InvestingInAmerica #FirstSolar

Tellurium is a crucial component in First Solar's thin film semiconductor, and at the Rio Tinto 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 today. Just one kilogram of First Solar’s tellurium-based semiconductor can be recycled 41x to produce clean energy for over 1,200 years. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46yXEOX #AmericasSolarWorkers #ResponsibleSourcing #InvestingInAmerica #FirstSolar

The steel value chain that serves our Ohio manufacturing footprint is located within a 100-mile radius of our factories, and we are one of the largest buyers of American-made float glass, consuming approximately 15% of the country’s capacity. Read the full economic impact study: https://bit.ly/42S1d1g Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center #AmericanSolar #SolarJobs #JobsMultiplier #EconomicImpact #FirstSolar

First Solar is proud to commission its new Ohio R&D innovation center, believed to be the largest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. It covers 1.3 million square feet and includes a high-tech pilot manufacturing line to produce full-sized prototypes of thin film and tandem PV modules. The Jim Nolan Center is part of an approximately half-billion-dollar investment by First Solar in R&D infrastructure in Ohio, which also includes a perovskite development line that’s expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2024. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gGZqJCFv

A look at First Solar's #Series6PlusBifacial modules – the first bifacial CadTel module on the market! Visit PROINSO Award-Winning Services for Solar Energy Projects at booth 910 to see them today. #REMidAtlantic

Domestic manufacturing is prized for its economic benefits -- not only ongoing operational expenditures but capital infrastructure investments. For every First Solar construction job in 2023, it is estimated that approximately 7.4 jobs are created in the US economy, with an average of $110,600 in total annual labor income per job. Read the full report: https://bit.ly/42S1d1g Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center #AmericanSolar #americassolarworkers #SolarJobs #economicimpact #FirstSolar

Visit PROINSO Award-Winning Services for Solar Energy Projects at booth 910 to see the world's first bifacial CadTel module! #REMidAtlantic

Last Fall, First Solar broke ground on a $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in New Iberia, just southeast of Lafayette in Louisiana, which will support about 700 direct jobs in the area. Read the full economic impact report: https://bit.ly/42S1d1g Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center #Louisianajobs #AmericanSolar #AmericasSolarWorkers #EconomicImpact #FirstSolar