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First Solar Commissions Western Hemisphere’s Largest Solar R&D Center

Ohio facility part of approximately half-billion dollar investment in US thin film R&D infrastructure.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. commissioned a new research and development (R&D) innovation center in Lake Township, OH, believed to be the largest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation is dedicated to the late James “Jim” F. Nolan, a former member of First Solar’s Board of Directors and the architect of the company’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor platform. The facility covers 1.3 million square feet and includes a high-tech pilot manu...

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