A desert solar farm can actually improve desert tortoise habitat
With tortoise-sized openings at the bottom of the fence, and improved growth of plants vital to tortoise survival, a solar farm in Nevada can provide better habitat than the surrounding desert. First Solar found similar habitat gains in California.
Why Europe and the US failed to capitalize on the benefits of thin-film solar
Is First Solar stalled in innovation and growth? Markus Beck, a thin-film solar expert and former chief scientist at First Solar, provides an industry perspective on the fate of thin-film PV in the U.S.
Morning brief: First Solar settles $350M suit, assembly begins on Assembly Solar
Hello one and all to your usual Tuesday morning brief. Today we’ve got for you a CFO for SunPower spinoff, Maxeon, changes in the Canadian Solar Board and the sale of a solar project at a military base.
Why don’t early-stage VCs invest in solar any more?
How will solar startups innovate in the 2020s? Where are the disruptive PV technologies?
First Solar advises contracting for solar capacity, not MWh, to enable flexible operation
Flexible solar plant operation can save a utility money. First Solar says it’s time for solar power purchase agreements to catch up to that fact.
First Solar is sold out through mid-2021
The thin film PV maker reported solid third quarter results, following on the opening of its massive 1.3 GW factory in Ohio.
First Solar is officially the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar manufacturer
The thin film PV maker has officially completed its massive manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio, which brings it to 1.9 GW of manufacturing capacity in the state. The factory will help to meet the overwhelming demand for Series 6 modules.
Solar stocks soar in 2019
The Invesco Solar ETF is up 50% year to date, driven by the successes of Solaredge, Enphase, Sunrun, First Solar and SunPower. These strong performances may look to increase the financial confidence of the industry as a whole.
sPower’s new 80 MW Utah installation, Solar Frontier acquires 50.5 MW project from Coldwell: pvMB 9/25/19
Hello everybody and welcome to you Hump Day pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out the solar system donated to Bamberger Ranch, Energport beginning work on a 72 MW, 72 MWh battery system, First Solar’s 20th anniversary and more!
Texas moves closer to merchant solar power
Intersect Power has gone live with news that the company has 1.7 GWdc ready for construction in Texas and California, including one project which holds a hedge, but not a power purchase agreement.
