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First Solar May Supply Panels for Biggest Solar Project

September 29, 201214 years Nicholas Brown 0 Comments

First Solar may win a contract to supply the solar panels required to construct the world’s largest solar power farm for NextEra Energy Incorporated (NEE). The electricity generation capacity of this plant will be 1,000 MW (1 million kilowatts). NextEra is considering First Solar’s cadmium telluride solar technology for … [continued]

First Solar Sets Thin Film CdTe Solar Cell Efficiency World Record

July 27, 201115 years proteus 5 Comments

First Solar has set a new world record for converting the energy from sunlight into electricity. One of its latest cadmium-telluride photovoltaic cells, which are used in its thin film solar PV panels, achieved a 17.3% conversion efficiency in testing at the NREL in Colorado, blowing away the previous record of 16.7%, which was set back in 2001.

GE Invests $600 Million into Manufacturing New Solar Technology (“Most Efficient Thin Film Solar Cell…

April 11, 201115 years Z. S. 9 Comments

GE just made a number of huge solar power announcements….