On this week's PV-Tech Newscast: exclusive coverage of First Solar's new CdTe plant in Arizona; leading analysts Solarbuzz and Jeffries predict continued module price declines and fallout into 2012; and REC looks set to close its older European factories in response to the pricing crisis. Speaking with Senior News Editor Mark Osborne, leading equipment suppliers Applied Materials and Meyer Burger discuss their technology buys and upgrades during EU PVSEC. Companies mentioned: Applied Materials, First Solar, Jeffries, Meyer Burger, M+W Group, REC, Solar Power UK Conference and UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).