First Solar opens 3.5-GW solar panel factory in Alabama

First Solar has held the grand-opening of its new 3.5-GW solar panel manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Alabama. The $1.1 billion fully vertically integrated thin-film solar manufacturing facility is First Solar’s first U.S. factory outside of Ohio. Once ramped to full capacity, the site should support 800 jobs. “This is the first of two fully…

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