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First Solar Books 121MW in Community Solar Sales

Utility-scale distributed generation broadens consumer access to solar power.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. has sales bookings of 121 megawatts (MW)DC of advanced technology thin film modules, which will be used in utility-based community solar installations in the US. First Solar did not disclose the owner or offtaker of the projects, many of which are still in development and not yet announced by the owner.
 
“This scale of community solar implementation is extraordinary, and suggests the enormous potential for this market segment,” said Georges Antoun, First Solar’s chief commercial officer. “Small one-off installations cannot match the economies of scale realized by utility-scale portfolios that minimize development costs, transaction costs and building costs, while bringing end consumers the freedom to choose solar energy.”
 
Antoun said the initiative is underway, with M+W Energy constructing several small, closely sited solar projects comprising approximately 41MWDC of clean renewable energy. Additional generation facilities are expected to begin construction by the end of 2016.

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