First Solar has suspended plans to build more factories and closed production lines.
Rolling out efficient silicon solar panels would enable First Solar to tackle the residential rooftop market.
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Major solar panel makers include First Solar, Suntech Power, Trina Solar, Sharp and SunPower.
First Solar and SunPower both have cut production or suspended plans to build more factories.
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Besides First Solar, GE will also be competing with Abound Solar of Loveland, Colo.
Abate acknowledged that both First Solar and Chinese crystalline silicon solar producers are formidable competitors.
First Solar expanded the annual production capacity to 500 megawatts from 250 megawatts only last year.
In 2009, China awarded First Solar a 2 GW solar power project in Ordos, Mongolia.
First Solar, which has its headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, is no stranger to Germany.
International PV module sales contribute more than 60% to our estimated stock value for First Solar.
Tiller says his company uses about one-third the manufacturing space that First Solar needs.
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Bad news struck hard last month when First Solar CEO Rob Gillette resigned on October 25.
First Solar manufactures solar modules with an advanced semiconductor technology and provides comprehensive photovoltaic system solutions.
First Solar uses the word eventually in discussing an economically sustainable market for its panels.
The bigger issue for First Solar and peers is a structural shift in the industry.
In Uganda it erected the first solar payphone, used by local fishermen, on Lake Victoria.
As a result, First Solar facilities are being underutilized and large scale layoffs may loom.
First Solar was the second largest manufacturer of solar cells in the world in 2010.
First Solar has been a leader in thin film photovoltaic modules using cadmium telluride.
It was not that long ago that First Solar was considered the beacon of American innovation.
In the markets, solar stocks SunPower and First Solar led the Nasdaq lower.
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Solar companies like First Solar (FSLR) would be affected by a slowdown in green energy initiatives.
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We are in the process of revising our price estimate for First Solar.
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Meanwhile, alternative energy stocks were in rally mode, including a 2.3% gain for First Solar.
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Helping to propel gains for First Solar is huge short interest in the stock.
First Solar also develops and builds solar power plants that use, of course, its owns solar panels.
The list included Citigroup, JPMorgan, Hewlett-Packard, JCPenney and First Solar, even Best Buy, Dow Chemical and Google.
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First Solar makes the most efficient thin film panels, SunPower makes the most efficient crystalline silicon panels.
But, in January, First Solar reluctantly agreed to partner with a Chinese power company on the project.
But the biggest sign that it is time to short First Solar has to do with insiders.
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