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Largest Solar Manufacturing Plant in France to be Built by EDF Energies Nouvelles and First Solar

Jul 27 2009

EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and First Solar, Inc. have announced a venture to build France’s largest solar panel manufacturing plant.

With an initial annual capacity of more than 100MWp, the plant will produce solar panels made with First Solar’s advanced, thin film photovoltaic technology.

This new venture will support the recently announced goal of the French government to become a leader in sustainable energy technologies including solar electricity. At full production, projected for the second half of 2011, the plant will employ more than 300 people.

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