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Thursday 1 September 2011
NRG Solar begins operations at facility in New Mexico
NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, has started producing electricity at its 20MW Roadrunner Solar Generating Facility, the second-largest PV project in the state of New Mexico...
Friday 5 August 2011
First Solar sees 2Q11 revenues down due to policy uncertainties
First Solar has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$533 million in the quarter, a decrease of US$34.5 million from the first quarter of 2011,...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Motech PV inverters certified by First Solar
Motech Industries announced on May 16 its PV inverter was certified of compatibility with First Solar's latest FS-series 2 and FS-series 3 thin-film modules.
Thursday 5 May 2011
Growing demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules in Southeast Asia, but the pressure to cut quotes is high
Demand for a-Si thin-film PV modules is growing significantly in the Southeast Asia region including the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, but potential clients are asking for low...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
TSMC confident of making CIGS PV modules comparable with solar cells, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is technologically capable of producing CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV (photovoltaic) modules with energy conversion...
Friday 15 October 2010
First Solar announces plans for 2 new manufacturing facilities
Solar module maker First Solar has announced plans to build two new four-line manufacturing plants that will boost the company's annual manufacturing capacity by nearly 500MW to help...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
First Solar remains largest PV module maker in 1Q10, says IMS
Thin film manufacturer First Solar remained the largest supplier of PV modules with a global share of 8.4% in the first quarter of 2010, according to IMS Research. Although shipments...
Thursday 6 May 2010
First Solar became largest PV module producer in 2009, says IMS
Leading thin film manufacturer First Solar topped the rankings list for PV module suppliers in 2009, surpassing all of its crystalline rivals to ship more than 1GW of modules and...
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Get ready for a solar push, says The Information Network
World economies are inching up out of an economic quagmire and oil is at an 18 month high, which will have big implications on the solar industry. High oil prices will begin to fuel...
Monday 7 September 2009
First Solar to beat crystalline competitors in 2009, says iSuppli
Leveraging its low-cost thin-film process, US-based First Solar is expected to surpass its crystalline competitors to become the world's largest producer of photovoltaic (PV) cells...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
First Solar expansion said to be posing pressure on thin-film PV module competitors
US-based thin-film PV module supplier First Solar, ranked second among all makers of solar cells and modules around the world with output of 503MWp in 2008, will be expanding its...
Thursday 26 February 2009
First Solar cuts manufacturing costs to below US$1 per watt
First Solar recently announced that it reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules in the fourth quarter to US$0.98 per watt, breaking the US$1 per watt price barrier.
Thursday 11 September 2008
Thin-film solar cell makers look to First Solar as a benchmark
While more new thin-film solar cell players from Asia are entering into polysilicon volume production in 2009, many of them have noted that their capacity has already been fully booked...