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First Solar Breaks Ground on $1.1B, 3.5 GW Louisiana Manufacturing Facility

Louisiana manufacturing plant will create more than 700 new direct solar manufacturing jobs in the state.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. broke ground on a previously announced manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, LA, its fifth fully vertically integrated factory in the United States. The ceremony was attended by John Bel Edwards, the governor of Louisiana, and other dignitaries from the state. The facility, believed to be the largest capital investment in the area’s history, represents an invest-ment of approximately $1.1 billion in expanding America’s capacity to produce photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. ...

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