First Solar, Inc. inaugurated its new facility in Tamil Nadu, India, the country’s first fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing plant. The facility, which has an annual nameplate capacity of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) and directly employs approximately 1,000 people, produces First Solar’s Series 7 photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, which were developed at the company’s research and development centers in the US and optimized for the Indian market. “We are pleased that First Solar chose Tami...