First Solar A Long Term Play

Solar developers in Spain are trying to build Europe’s first large-scale plants to sell electricity at market prices, taking advantage of a crash in equipment costs and some of the continent’s highest levels of sunlight. Builders have sought permits to connect 37.5 gigawatts of utility-sized projects to Red Electrica Corp. SA’s transmission grid, company spokeswoman Susana Moreno said. While demand studies show that’s far more new generation than the country needs, the first few plants could set a commercial precedent.

Greentech Media submits: By Eric Wesoff

Greentech Media submits: Victor Abate, GE's VP of Renewable Energy Business, announced the completed acquisition of Prime Star Solar Thursday morning along with some big news on the cadmium telluride front:

By Greentech Media: By Herman K. Trabish In the early part of First Solar's (FSLR) rise to the top as a U.S. solar module maker, the company encountered a glitch in its manufacturing process that compromised the performance of a small portion of its modules.

Greentech Media submits: By Eric WesoffFirst Solar (FSLR) , the globe's leading producer of thin-film photovoltaic panels, will look to buy 5N Plus (FPLSF.PK) to secure its supply of the element tellurium, according to "ind

Karl Smith -- Assistant Professor of Public Economics at UNC-CH & Blogger at Modeled Behavior Climate Change has evolved into a political wedge issue in the United States. Part of the unfortunate fallout of this is that fossil fuels and renewables are viewed as competing tribal camps. One is either in the "drill-baby-drill" camp or in the solar power and plug-in hybrid camp.

By Mel Daris:First Solar (FSLR) manufactures solar modules using a proprietary thin film semiconductor technology. This process uses cadmium telluride to convert sunlight into electricity. First Solar uses about 1% of the material required to complete traditional crystalline silicon solar modules. First Solar's manufacturing process eliminates most of the supply chain that is required to produce silicon panels.

By Dana Blankenhorn: First Solar (FSLR) is the solar company Wall Street loves to hate.