First Solar brings modules to roof segment

• The U.S. utility-scale PV leader is going small. After years of avoiding distributed generation, it is currently providing its Series 6 modules for "projects as well as customers of all shapes and sizes."

First Solar, America's largest PV module manufacturer (and also the only maker to bring thin-film solar to the gigawatt range), has actually always been a specialist in big utility-scale solar and also has actually assiduously stayed clear of distributed generation.

That's currently transformed.

With more than 25 GW of its cadmium telluride photovoltaic panels installed all over the world, First Solar has now made the decision to go after the distributed-generation PV market, according to an article this week.

The same Series 6 modules the firm markets in the utility-scale market are currently offered in the U.S. distributed-generation sector through its distributors Graybar, Kinect Solar, and WESCO Distribution. They will use First Solar's Series 6 modules "to projects as well as consumers of all shapes and sizes, to ensure that they can power neighborhoods and also organizations across America."

From producing to procedure to end-of-life recycling, First Solar PV modules are the most sustainable in the industry. Series 6 modules have the lowest carbon footprint, water usage, and also pollution impact of any type of Tier 1 solar module.

" While First Solar has a long history in the utility-scale area, there have been a number of instances of our technology being utilized for dispersed generation applications both in the U.S. and also abroad," Darin Green, senior supervisor of business development at First Solar, informed pv publication. "The goal right here is to provide American-designed PV innovation to projects as well as consumers of all sizes and shapes throughout the U.S. In other words, if you wish to power area solar, C&I projects, schools, and municipal or armed forces setups with First Solar modern technology, it is now readily available with our representative companions."