CHENNAI: American solar technology company First Solar Inc said on Friday that it is investing $684 million in a new, fully vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) thin film solar module manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu.
The proposed facility will have a nameplate capacity of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) DC. First Solar produces its thin film PV modules using a fully integrated, continuous process under one roof and said that it does not rely on Chinese supply chains. The facility is projected to create more than 1,000 jobs in Tamil Nadu.
It would be designed using the manufacturing template established for First Solar’s recently-announced factory in Ohio and would combine highly skilled workers with Industry 4.0 architecture, machine-to-machine communication, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things connectivity, the company said.
