First Solar announced that it surpassed 6 gigawatts (GW) DC of capacity.
Alan Stringer, vice president of Global Project Management and Construction Services, First Solar, said the company is installing approximately 30 to 40 MWDC per week on 2GWDC of active projects around the world.
Partnerships with customers have enabled First Solar to lower the cost of solar generation. First Solar’s application of 1500V inverters is becoming an industry standard.
“Power plant owners benefit from both the lower cost of utility-scale projects built by First Solar and the proven track record of innovation we bring to every project,” said Stringer. “Our customers also have the confidence that First Solar proudly stands behind the reliability and performance of every asset we build.”
First Solar said its inaugural EPC job was 10 megawatt (MW) AC El Dorado Solar Project in Nevada, consisting of 220,000 First Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in 2008.
In early 2015, First Solar completed construction of the 550MWAC Desert Sunlight Solar Project and the 550MWACTopaz Solar Farms, each utilizing more than 8 million modules and built in about the same amount of time it took to construct El Dorado.
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