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May 8, 2012

What Happened to First Solar?

Kevin Bullis, MIT Technology Review


MIT

A little over a year ago, First Solar seemed to be on top of the world. The U.S. solar giant was one of the largest and most successful solar-panel manufacturers, and solar power plant builders, in the world. It had the lowest manufacturing costs in the industry and the highest market capitalization of any solar-panel manufacturer.

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