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NextEra Energy is suing the US Treasury Department for more than US$135 million claiming that it miscalculated grants owed to it for the Silver State Solar project in Nevada.

First Solar could establish new US-based manufacturing capacity citing President Donald Trump’s corporate tax reforms as the key enabler.

UPDATED: The 10MW project, using First Solar modules, is owned by Tosçelik ERW Pipe Production Facilities and located in Turkey.

Mumbai-based EPC firm Oriano Solar has completed two 20MW solar PV plants for First Solar in the state of Karnataka, in Gadag and Belagavi districts respectively.

US-based vertically integrated manufacturer First Solar is to supply thin-film modules to a 100MW(AC) solar project developed by Zorlu Enerji in Pakistan.

French power giant EDF RE has commissioned 179MW of solar projects that are powering Switch data centres in Apex, Nevada.

First Solar has signed off on a pair of deals with Origis Energy and D.E. Shaw that will see the company provide 795MW of its modules for a variety of projects.

Outsourcing in the various stages running up to module assembly versus having one’s entire supply chain in house was a major theme at PV ModuleTech 2017. PV Tech caught up with Nick Strevel, director, global technical sales, at vertically-integrated thin-film PV manufacturer First Solar, to discuss the benefits of having all in house production and the drivers for high expenditure in R&D.

First Solar will provide its high-performance, thin-film PV modules to help power two utility-scale PV power plants in the Netherlands, with both installations developed by Denmark's Obton.

Thin-film manufacturer First Solar reported record Q3 bookings of 4.5GW taking the company’s order book to 7.4GW for shipments out to 2020.