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First Solar chose Aquitaine to locate its French solar panel plant

22nd December, 2009, Company focus.

The plant, co-financed by First Solar and EDF Energies Nouvelles, will be located at Blanquefort, not far from Bordeaux, and operated by First Solar, which will sell all energy produced to EDF EN for the first 10 years of operations.
Construction should start in the second half of 2010, and annual production capacity of 100 MW should be reached by 2012. Close to 400 jobs will be created.

Installation of this factory in France is based on the conviction of First Solar and EDF EN that France will become a major market for solar electricity, due to a great extent to the long-term policies implemented in this country. "Aquitaine impresses favorably by its enthusiasm, its excellent infrastructures and its highly qualified labor force," said Rob Gillette, chief executive of First Solar, in explaining the choice of Blanquefort over other sites studied in France.
The First Solar production site will also include the only solar panel recycling unit in France.

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Official site of First Solar

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