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In 1984, inventor and entrepreneur Harold McMaster founded Glasstech Solar. After trying amorphous silicon, he shifted to CdTe and founded Solar Cells, Inc. (SCI) in 1990. In February 1999, SCI was acquired by True North Partners, which then formed First Solar, LLC. At the end of 2009, First Solar had surpassed an energy power production rate of 1 GW and was the largest producer of PV cells in the world.
Driven by a passion for innovation and powered by American ingenuity, First Solar has consistently invested in American manufacturing and American jobs. Today, it is the only US-headquartered company among the world’s 10 largest module producers.
Born in the Midwest, headquartered in the Southwest, and shipped worldwide, First Solar is an American success story. Driven by a passion for innovation and powered by American ingenuity, First Solar has consistently invested in American manufacturing and American jobs.
FirstSolar believes America’s energy transition must be powered by American innovation. It’s why First Solar has invested approximately $2 billion in its uniquely American solar technology, continues to invest heavily in R&D through its own team of scientists and researchers, and collaborates with American universities and research institutions.
First Solar has the Western Hemisphere's largest solar manufacturing footprint in Ohio, USA, with a third factory set to come online in the state in the first half of 2023 and a new factory, the company's fourth American manufacturing facility, expected to be commissioned in the US Southeast in 2025.
The company was founded in 1990 by inventor Harold McMaster as Solar Cells, Inc. and the Florida Corporation in 1993 with JD Polk. In 1999 it was purchased by True North Partners, LLC, who rebranded it as First Solar, Inc. The company went public in 2006, trading on the NASDAQ.
Finally, though First Solar’s panels avoid concerns about forced labor in the supply chain for silicon produced in China, such problems have also occurred in the company’s own supply chain. Later this year, First Solar will begin producing miniature versions of tandem solar panels at a factory in Ohio.
