02.26.16
First Solar, Inc. announced that in early February, it surpassed 6 gigawatts (GW)DC of capacity installed by the company’s Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) group.
According to Alan Stringer, First Solar’s VP of global project management and construction services, First Solar is installing approximately 30 to 40 MWDC per week on 2GWDC of active projects around the world. Stringer said partnerships with strategic customers have enabled First Solar to continually lower the cost of utility-scale solar generation. As well as leading the industry in R&D investment, First Solar is driving down the cost of Balance of Systems (BoS).
“Power plant owners benefit from both the lower cost of utility-scale projects built by First Solar and the proven track record of innovation we bring to every project,” said Stringer.
First Solar’s inaugural EPC job was 2008’s 10 megawatt (MW)AC El Dorado Solar Project in Nevada, consisting of 220,000 First Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, and taking nearly two years from groundbreaking to commissioning. In early 2015, First Solar completed construction of the 550MWAC Desert Sunlight Solar Project and the 550MWAC Topaz Solar Farms, each utilizing more than 8 million modules and built in about the same amount of time it took to construct El Dorado.
According to Alan Stringer, First Solar’s VP of global project management and construction services, First Solar is installing approximately 30 to 40 MWDC per week on 2GWDC of active projects around the world. Stringer said partnerships with strategic customers have enabled First Solar to continually lower the cost of utility-scale solar generation. As well as leading the industry in R&D investment, First Solar is driving down the cost of Balance of Systems (BoS).
“Power plant owners benefit from both the lower cost of utility-scale projects built by First Solar and the proven track record of innovation we bring to every project,” said Stringer.
First Solar’s inaugural EPC job was 2008’s 10 megawatt (MW)AC El Dorado Solar Project in Nevada, consisting of 220,000 First Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, and taking nearly two years from groundbreaking to commissioning. In early 2015, First Solar completed construction of the 550MWAC Desert Sunlight Solar Project and the 550MWAC Topaz Solar Farms, each utilizing more than 8 million modules and built in about the same amount of time it took to construct El Dorado.