First Solar made a Green Energy Commitment to develop 5GW of capacity by 2019 at the RE-INVEST meet, joining India’s vision to ramp up solar energy capacity in the total energy mix to 10 percent to meet the country’s i...  more

Announced by Tim Cook, Apple has committed to invest USD$848 million in First Solar for building the Flats Solar Project in Monterey County, California. Apple will receive electricity from 130 MW ac of the solar project under a 25...  more

US Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell along with about 150 federal, state and local officials, and energy industry leaders, gathered today to commission the 550 MW Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, located in Desert Center, ...  more

First Solar will report financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014, after the market closes on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The Company will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss these results and outl...  more

First Sola announced it has set yet another world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) PV research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 21.5% efficiency certified at the Newport Corporation’s Technology and Appli...  more

First Solar’s TetraSun technology-based production line is up and running at its PV manufacturering complex in Kulim High Tech Park, Malaysia, according to local reports. Small start-up, TetraSun was acquired b...  more

First Solar establishes itself a reputation for the world’s top thin film PV module manufacturer by installing 10 GW of PV solar capacity globally. Announcement of the new milestone was made at the start of the World Future ...  more

At the 2015 World Future Energy Summit (WFES), First Solar announced the launch of the solar energy industry’s first Energy Capacity Assessment Tool. The interactive Assessment Tool can help people learn more abo...  more

BELECTRIC UK and First Sola have connected the United Kingdom’s largest solar farm to the grid. The 46 MWdc Landmead Solar Farm, in East Hanney near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, will supply around 45 million kWh of clean energy ...  more

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced plans to develop a 131-MW PV solar project in Georgia, which will be capable of generating enough electricity to help meet the energy needs of more than 21,000 homes. The ...  more