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First Solar to open $1.1 billion Alabama facility, creating over 700 jobs

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First Solar Inc. plans to invest $1.1 billion to establish a photovoltaic (PV) solar module manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Alabama. The new factory is part of the company's previously announced investment in scaling its American manufacturing footprint to over 10 gigawatts (GW) by 2025. The Alabama facility is expected to advance a strategic push by the company to scale its U.S. manufacturing base in support of the effort to decarbonize the American economy.

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Alabama Live

First Solar to open $1.1 billion Lawrence County plant, to hire 700

Arizona-based First Solar today announced plans to build a $1.1 billion plant in Lawrence County, creating more than 700 jobs.The factory, which will make photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, will be situated in Mallard Fox West Industrial Complex and should be running by 2025.

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WHNT 19 News

$1.1 billion solar facility to open in Lawrence County

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Wednesday afternoon that First Solar Inc. will be opening a facility in Lawrence County that's expected to be commissioned sometime in 2025. Governor Ivey says the new facility will create over 700 new jobs manufacturing clean energy in North Alabama. Nearly 1,000 people gather for Artemis I launch in the Rocket City First Solar is a solar panel manufacturer. The company wil…

1 year ago·Huntsville, United States

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WAAY-TV

Solar technology company to build $1.1 billion facility in Lawrence County, bringing 700 new jobs

A photovoltaic solar module manufacturing facility will soon be calling Lawrence County home.

1 year ago·Huntsville, United States

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Times Free Press

First Solar to build $1.1 billion solar panel plant in North Alabama, adding 700 jobs | Chattanooga Times Free Press

The biggest U.S.-based maker of solar panels plans to build a $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in the Tennessee Valley.

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Alabama Political Reporter

First Solar to open $1.1 billion Alabama facility, creating over 700 jobs

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Wednesday that First Solar Inc. plans to invest $1.1 billion to establish a photovoltaic (PV) solar module manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, creating over 700 new jobs in North Alabama. The new factory is part of the company’s previously announced investment in scaling its American manufacturing footprint to over 10 gigawatts (GW) by 2025.The facility in Lawrence County’s Mallard Fox West Industrial Comple…

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TimesDaily

Solar panel maker bringing 715 jobs to Lawrence County

MOULTON — A solar-panel manufacturer is bringing 715 jobs to Lawrence County with production beginning in 2025, according to state, county and company officials who gathered to make an announcement today.

1 year ago

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