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First Solar inaugurates $700m, 3.3GW PV module manufacturing plant in India

What happened

First Solar has inaugurated a new $700 million, 3.3GW fully vertically integrated PV module manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu, India. This expansion adds significant new capacity to the global solar module supply chain, backed by US government development finance. Bearish: This new capacity increases supply, potentially putting downward pressure on PV module prices in the medium term.

Impact and signal

Medium impactImpact score: 55/100

Affected components and suppliers

PV ModulesCadmium Telluride (CdTe) Thin-Film

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Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 1/11/2024 · View original source

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First Solar inaugurates $700m, 3.3GW PV module manufacturing plant in India

What happened

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