Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member First Solar has forecated net sales for 2020 to be in the range of US$2.7 billion to US$2.9 billion, compared to reporting 2019 sales of US$3,063 billion. The SMSL said that its expected 2020 third party module net sales to accont for appr...... [More]

First Solar Inc. is sting on the sidelines of a trade dispute that could give its products a significant leg up.The U.S. International Trade Commission held a hearing on Tuesday regarding the request by Suniva for the U.S. to impose tariffs on imported solar panels. The petiti...... [More]

U.S. vertically integrated solar power company First Solar has this week signed two strategic deals that have augmented the firms global module supply exposure.The first is an agreement to deliver 63 MWac of First Solar thin-film PV modules to the Kidston Solar Project in Austral...... [More]

The plant is owned by a consortium of investors consisting of Diamond Generating Europe Ltd., Nebras Power Q.S.C. the Kawar Group. First Solar significantly contributed to the development of the project before divesting its stake being appointed the Engineering, Procurement Co...... [More]

First Solar was trying to compete with high-efficiency silicon when it acquired early-stage startup TetraSun in April 2013 in the cadmium-telluride (CdTe) vendors first foray into solar silicon.It was a hedge against its own CdTe material.Well, according to the company, With the ...... [More]

We covered the recent First Solar earnings call, aside from YieldCo fever, one topic from the presentation really sts out: First Solars best production line is now shipping solar modules with efficiencies of 16.3 percent.In 2011, First Solars module conversion efficiency was 11....... [More]