Featured in Time for microgrids to go macro? – 11-2019

‘There is a great unmet need in this industry for differentiation’

With its second U.S. production facility coming online in October, First Solar is claiming the title of the “largest module manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere,” and reports that the Series 6 module it introduced in 2018 is now sold out through to the middle of 2021. pv magazine caught up with First Solar CEO Mark Widmar in Berlin recently to discuss the latest developments in the global module market and the company’s plans for the future.

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Jonathan Gifford

12 Nov 2019

Image: First Solar

Twenty years as a company, 15 years in Europe, 25 GW of shipped product – where do you see First Solar going as it heads into 2020?I think we’re in a really good position. We made a transformation to move into Series 6, and while we’re only a year and a half into the journey …

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