First Solar to supply 230MW modules to Silicon Ranch

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The southeastern US region is rapidly emerging as a growing market for PV solar development, where Silicon Ranch has played a leading role as a developer, owner and operator. Source: Fotopedia

First Solar has entered into a framework agreement with a subsidiary of Silicon Ranch, one of the US’ leading solar project developers, to supply 230MW worth of modules for future projects.

This agreement supplements previous arrangements for the American PV manufacturing giant to supply more than 180MW of modules for use in Silicon Ranch projects in humid climate regions located across Colorado, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. The thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTE) PV modules are expected to provide a strong performance in those climates and were a key factor in Nashville-based Silicon Ranch’s selection, according to the company. First Solar reports of the advantages of these thin-film modules over the conventional mulitcrystalline silicon (mc-Si) products; particularly within the hot south-eastern US climate areas, where the modules deliver an energy density of more than 10% over traditional c-Si products. Therefore, its modules can produce more energy annually from the same land perimeter than c-Si.

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In addition, First Solar will be providing EPC expertise for the projects which are scheduled to commence in 2017 and early 2018. Some of the earlier scheduled projects may also use First Solar’s balance of system equipment, including its single-axis tracker.

The projects should kick off in Q1 of 2017 when First Solar expects to deliver the first batch of modules. 

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