First Solar goes all in on Series 6
The company took a significant hit in its Q4 results due to restructuring and impairments, as it shuts down lines and orders tools for the transition to its Series 6 modules.
Siva Power Expands Santa Clara Facility
The U.S. thin film manufacturer has expanded its development center in Santa Clara, California, and acquired production equipment from First Solar and Bloo Solar.
8point3 reports beats Q4 guidance, ups dividends
The joint First Solar/SunPower yieldco reported strong results, including acquiring shares of the Henrietta and Stateline projects.
Silicon Ranch raises $55 million in equity financing
The latest round of financing brings the total raised in 2016 to $165 million, which allows the company to pursue an aggressive growth strategy moving forward.
NextEra & First Solar commission 250 MW-AC project in Nevada
Does this mean that the age of mega-solar projects is over at last?
sPower signs 105 MW PPA under community choice aggregation program
sPower has secured a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 105 MW-AC of solar power with community choice aggregator MCE in California, making it sPower’s largest contract of this type to date, and the largest community choice aggregation (CCA) agreement known to pv magazine.
First Solar to ramp Series 6 production in 2018, lay off 1,600 workers
The thin-film maker has announced a shift in strategy which will eliminate its Series 5, reduce 2017 output to 2.2 GW, and in the process dismiss 27% of its global workforce.
NextEra commissions 485 MW of solar in California
NextEra has put online the Blythe and McCoy Solar Energy Centers, some of the last mega-projects in the California desert.
First Solar revenues fall, but profit and technology progress remain strong
The thin-film solar maker and developer continues to report significant increases in its module efficiency, as it moves towards more module-only sales.
Community choice aggregator signs PPA with First Solar for 40 MW-AC
The contract with MCE is the first time that First Solar has sold power to a community choice aggregator.
