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May 19, 2016
Everyone in the industry knows the price of solar continues to fall in most global sectors, inching closer to – or reaching – parity with other energy sources, both renewable and carbonaceous. But when a well-respected market researcher says prices are falling in real time in some regions, that attention-grabbing statement is not something one usually hears in any timeline.
April 27, 2016
European companies have dominated the list of prequalified companies for Abu Dhabi’s 350MW solar tender.
April 6, 2016
First Solar’s Annual Analyst Day event proved to be the most interesting in years for a number of reasons.
April 6, 2016
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.
April 5, 2016
Leading thin-film producer First Solar is planning a major revamp of its next-generation CdTe modules by introducing a new suite of production lines capable of producing large-area (1.2m x 1.8m) ‘Series 6’ modules with 400W output and significantly lower production costs currently achievable with its smaller form factor modules.
April 4, 2016
8point3 Energy Partners, the yieldco company formed by SunPower and First Solar, has signed agreements to acquire interest in the 50MW Hooper Project from SunPower and the 40MW Kingbird Project from First Solar.
March 24, 2016
Pension fund, The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), has agreed to purchase a 25% stake in Desert Sunlight Investment Holdings, the owner of two major solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 550MW near Palm Springs, California.
March 8, 2016
The Southern Company has acquired a 120MW project in Texas currently being built by First Solar.
March 7, 2016
The incumbent energy industry must play its part in developing the energy transition instead of “protecting the past”, SolarPower Europe’s president Oliver Schaefer has said.
February 29, 2016
Swiss developer HopSol has selected First Solar modules for a 5MW project in Namibia, south-west Africa.

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