First Solar announced that it has obtained non-recourse project debt financing of approximately 27 billion yen (US$240 million) in a syndicated loan arranged by Mizuho Bank Ltd. for a utility-scale solar project in Ish...  more

First Solar announced that Photosol, a French photovoltaic (PV) solar energy company, has selected its high performance, lower-carbon, thin film modules to power 14 utility-scale solar power plants with a total capacit...  more

First Solar welcomes the news that Genex Power has achieved financial close for the Kidston Phase One Solar Project in Queensland, Australia. First Solar will supply 63 MWdc of advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modu...  more

First Solar has been awarded the module supply contract for the 140MWdc Sun Metals Solar Farm in North Queensland (QLD), Australia. It will be Australia’s largest solar project once constructed, and utilize more ...  more

Prime Road Group and First Solar welcome the completion of four solar farms totaling 18MWdc of capacity in Thailand. Located across the Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani Provinces, the Prime Road Group Co-Op Project (Project)...  more

Silver State South Solar Energy Center, a 250MW solar project located in Clark County, Nevada, has been commissioned operation by its owner and operator, NextEra Energy Resources, and its developer, First Solar. The pr...  more

Global solar industry is transforming – average selling prices drops, conversion efficiency of PV modules increases, and installing costs falls. The market shift has influenced First Solar, U.S.-based CdTe solar ...  more

8point3 Energy Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire First Solar's 34% stake in its 300MW Stateline solar project for US$329.5 million. "Consistent with our long-term strategy of acquiring high quality solar p...  more

First Solar and MCE announced that MCE has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for electricity generated from 40MWac of First Solar’s Little Bear Solar Project in Fresno County, CA. The project, designed to be buil...  more

First Solar has commissioned the 52.5MWac Shams Ma’an project in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on schedule. The plant is owned by a consortium of investors consisting of Diamond Generating Europe Ltd., Nebras ...  more