First Solar (FSLR) said Friday it plans to build a new $330 million manufacturing facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, to onshore final production processes for Series 6 Plus modules, with commercial ...

Solar manufacturers are facing rising cost pressure as silver paste now accounts for up to 30% of total cell production costs. OPIS analyst Hanwei Wu tells pv magazine that module producers currently ...

First Solar said it will spend around US$330 million on the new facility, its sixth factory in the US. Image: First Solar. US solar module manufacturer First Solar will build a new production facility ...

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) (the “Company” or “First Solar”) today announced that it will establish a new facility in Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina, to ...

BURLINGTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Silfab Solar Inc. (“Silfab”), North America’s leading photo-voltaic (“PV”) module manufacturer, today announced that it has closed on $100 million of new financing ...

After 15 years reporting on the solar industry, and many more years removed from organized education where math and science ...

Bright winter sun warmed a cool morning into a pleasant day in Greenwood, South Carolina, despite the threat of rain. On the last day of January 2025, around 80 attendees including state and local ...

Operational capacity for the manufacture of solar modules in the United States has reached 51.7 gigawatts (GW) as of February, enough to cover nearly all domestic demand this year, the Solar Energy ...