First Solar, Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) together announced that Australia's first commercial diesel displacement solar plant has successfully commenced commercial operation at a re...  more

First Solar announced the opening of a new Operation Center in Berlin. The new Operation Center is First Solar’s third facility of its kind around the world and will be managed and operated by its subsidiary, skytron® en...  more

Marking a major milestone in the strategic expansion of one of the nation's leading renewable generation portfolios, Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in the c...  more

First Solar announced financial results for the second quarter of 2015. Net sales were $896 million in the quarter, an increase of $427 million from the first quarter of 2015. The increase in net sales from the prior quarter resul...  more

First Solar has signed an agreement to supply its high efficiency PV modules to power the 200 MWac second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The utility scale solar power pla...  more

8point3 Energy Partners LP, a limited partnership formed by First Solar and SunPower as a YieldCo company, has priced an initial public offering (IPO) of 20,000,000 Class A shares. The IPO price was initially set at a price of US$...  more

First Solar has set yet another world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV module conversion efficiency, achieving 18.6% aperture efficiency for an advanced full size module. With the new record, First Solar has proved that the ...  more

8point3 Energy Partners LP, a limited partnership formed by First Solar and SunPower to own and operate a portfolio of selected solar energy generation assets, announced on June 10th that it has commenced an initial public offerin...  more

Invenergy, First Solar and NV Energy have been approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to construct 440MW of solar parks in Clark County, Nevada. When all completed, the plants will generate enough electricity to pow...  more

FSO Energy Solution, Inc. (FSO), a joint venture between First Solar and OrinoGroup, has been launched for developing solar projects in Philippines. The JV will focus on providing large commercial and industrial customers with int...  more