Today, First Solar’s CEO, Mark Widmar, met with Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi. They had a constructive discussion about India’s renewable energy landscape and First Solar’s plans to manufacture in 🇮🇳. @investindia @PMOIndia @MinOfPower @FinMinIndia
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First Solar, Inc. is America’s leading PV solar technology and manufacturing company focused on enabling power generation with its uniquely American technology.
- Replying to @FirstSolarBy investing in 🇮🇳, we are enabling the clean energy self-reliance of a major 🇺🇸 ally & strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific, supporting efforts to reduce its reliance on imported solar panels while securing its clean energy supply chain #AtmaNirbharBharat @investindia
- Replying to @FirstSolarFirst Solar intends to ‘Make in India’ by investing $684 million in a new, fully vertically integrated photovoltaic thin film solar module manufacturing facility. bit.ly/3lSMoGL #MakeInIndia @investindia
- We're announcing plans to build a new solar module manufacturing facility near our existing Perrysburg, #Ohio flagship plant. The 1.2 gigawatt factory is expected to create 500 new jobs in northwestern Ohio. bit.ly/2KiVJ75 #Solar #SolarFuture
- The first Series 6 module production equipment has arrived! The future of energy is here. #SolarRevolution
00:00 - We announced today that we will invest $680 million to expand America’s domestic PV solar manufacturing capacity by 3.3GW. Our third Ohio factory will come online in H1 2023 and increase our annual US capacity to 6GW. #AmericasSolarCompany
00:00 - We broke ground on our new 1.2 gigawatt factory today in Perrysburg, Ohio! bit.ly/2sGy35l #Solar #SolarFuture
- First Solar is deeply disappointed in @POTUS’s decision to exclude bifacial panels from the Section 201 safeguard extension. Read our full statement here.
- As America's Solar Company, we're proud to announce that North Alabama will be the site of our fourth American module manufacturing facility. The 3.5GW facility is expected to come online by 2025. #AmericasSolarCompany bit.ly/3TEfdWh
- First Solar’s technology is forged in the blazing fires of American industry. 🔥 Our Series 7 modules are made with 100% American glass and steel formed in the industrial furnaces of Alabama, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Investing in American workers, American manufacturing,
00:00 - A bird's eye view of this magnificent solar plant to start the week off on the right foot. Any guesses as to what this plant is called?
- #MegawattMonday An aerial view of 550MW of First Solar modules silently at work generating clean energy. Any guesses as to where this project is located?
- First Solar is proud to manufacture #AmericanSolar technology in Alabama! Today we inaugurated our new $1.1 billion Lawrence County manufacturing facility, which adds 3.5 GW of vertically integrated American solar manufacturing capacity—100% free from dependence on Chinese












