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First Solar Selects Alabama for Fourth American Manufacturing Facility

Will invest approximately $1.1 billion in 3.5 GWDC manufacturing facility in Lawrence County.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced that it has selected Lawrence County, North Alabama, as the location for its fourth American photovoltaic (PV) solar module manufacturing facility. The new factory is part of a previously announced investment in scaling First Solar’s American manufacturing footprint to over 10 gigawatts (GW)DC by 2025, and is expected to create more than 700 new direct jobs in the state. The planned factory in Lawrence County’s Mallard Fox Industrial Park represents an investment o...

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