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A disruptive partnership

Thin film: The partnership between First Solar and GE is a complex one, but its ability to deliver truly disruptive results to the PV industry and power plant business is beginning to be spoken of more widely. There is no one key to this dynamic, but a focus on efficiency and cost is looking likely to pay off.

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Jonathan Gifford

08 May 2014

It doesn’t seem that long ago that First Solar appeared to be heading towards troubled waters. The low-power module issue was continuing to cast a shadow over its technology, it took a pivot away from capacity expansion towards shedding jobs and closing plants, and there were questions as to whether its CdTe modules would be …

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