First Solar utilizes an innovative thin film CdTe PV semiconductor that is advantaged against conventional silicon panels in many aspects. From raw material sourcing and manufacturing through end-of-life module recycling, First Solar’s approach to technology embodies responsibility toward people and the planet. First Solar is a leading American solar technology company and global provider of responsibly produced, eco-efficient solar modules. Founded in 1999, First Solar is unique among the world’s largest solar manufacturers for being the only US-headquartered company and for producing advanced thin film solar panels designed and developed in America. With a global footprint spanning the US, India, Malaysia, and Vietnam, First Solar expects to have a global manufacturing capacity of approximately 25 GW by 2026. Over the past two decades, First Solar has committed itself to deliver a high quality, responsibly produced American solar product to a global marketplace. The result of over $2 billion in cumulative R&D investment, First Solar’s thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar technology was developed and designed in Ohio and California and is uniquely American.
