American solar PV manufacturer First Solar announced its third-quarter earnings late last week, revealing increased sales and earnings with an escalating order book of 11.3 gigawatts (GW), but investors were not impressed with what they considered a revenue “miss” and shares have slumped nearly 10% off the back of the announcement.
The United States’ Wind Energy Foundation announced this week that it is rebranding to better represent an increased focus on wind and solar energy and will now be known as the Wind Solar Alliance, having also expanded its board of directors to include solar energy experts including two executives from NEXTracker and First Solar.
Leading US solar manufacturer First Solar reported its second-quarter earnings in late July, which showed revenue of only $309 million, down $258 million from the previous quarter due to expected lower system and third-party module sales.
The United States imposed an additional 25% tariff on imported Chinese solar cells and modules last week in America’s steadily escalating trade war with one of the world’s most dominant economies and international powers.
Leading US solar manufacturer First Solar published its first-quarter earnings report late last month, depicting a strong start to the year with increased sales of $567 million and the commencement of Series 6 module production in April which, in turn, led to the company’s announcement of a new solar manufacturing plant in Perrysburg, Ohio.
How Trump’s new solar tariff enabled First Solar to leverage its thin film PV technology over the competition, company plans gigantic new factory in Ohio.
American solar PV manufacturer First Solar announced this week that it would be raising its shipping guidance for Full Year 2018 after the Section 201 case increased demand and excluded the company’s Series 4 modules from the 30% tariff.
Talking to investors in its Q4 2017 Earnings Call on February 22, First Solar CEO Mark Widmar floated the possibility of expanding the company’s US manufacturing capacity as a direct result of Donald Trump’s corporate tax reforms.
US-based solar manufacturer First Solar announced its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 financial results late last week and it was a mixed bag of results, beating earnings expectations but missing on revenue while taking a multi-million dollar hit due to US tax reform.
Leading American solar manufacturer First Solar has announced this week it will proceed with the development and construction of a 200 megawatt solar farm in Twiggs County, Georgia, which was first awarded to the company as part of a 525 megawatt Request for Proposals by Georgia Power’s Renewable Energy Development Initiative, or REDI.
