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First Solar Earmarks $1.2B In US Plants Towards Cleaner Energy, Likely To Create 15K Jobs By 2025

First Solar Earmarks $1.2B In US Plants Towards Cleaner Energy, Likely To Create 15K Jobs By 2025

First Solar在美国工厂投资12亿美元用于清洁能源，到2025年可能创造1.5万个就业机会
Benzinga Real-time News ·  2022/08/30 07:58
  • First Solar, Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) looks to invest up to $1.2 billion in scaling production of U.S.-made photovoltaic (PV) solar modules.
  • First Solar's plans are part of a surge in expected investment in clean-energy technologies spurred by the law and growing demand for solar, wind, and batteries to meet ambitious U.S. climate goals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The U.S. government is also concerned about relying too heavily on China.
  • First Solar's modules directly support the country's transition to a decarbonized future and enable the fight against climate change.
  • The investment will likely expand its ability to produce American-made solar modules for the U.S. market to over 10 gigawatts (GW)DC by 2025.
  • First Solar aims to build its fourth, fully vertically integrated domestic factory, with an annual capacity of 3.5 GWDC, in the U.S. Southeast.
  • First Solar expects to invest up to $1 billion in the new factory, likely to commence operations in 2025.
  • Additionally, First Solar will invest $185 million in upgrading and expanding its Northwest Ohio manufacturing footprint, currently the largest vertically-integrated complex of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, by 0.9 GWDC. First Solar will invest in increasing the capacity of its two operating facilities in Perrysburg and Lake Township, Ohio, by 0.6 GWDC to 3.6 GWDC of annual Series 6 module capacity.
  • First Solar will also expand its third Ohio factory, expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2023, to 3.5 GWDC of annual Series 7 module capacity.
  • The expansion will increase First Solar's total investment in its Ohio manufacturing facilities to over $3 billion, with a cumulative annual production capacity of over 7 GWDC by 2025.
  • First Solar expects the new investment to add at least 850 new manufacturing jobs, taking its total number of direct jobs in the U.S. to over 3,000 people in four states by 2025.
  • By 2025, First Solar will likely support 15,000 indirect and induced jobs.
  • On completion of its expansion plans in the U.S. and India, First Solar looks to have over 20 GWDC of annual global manufacturing capacity in 2025.
  • Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) supplier Panasonic Holdings Corp (OTC:PCRFY) weighed building an additional $4 billion EV battery plant in the U.S.
  • Honda Motor Company, Ltd (NYSE:HMC) and LG Energy Solution Ltd look to build a $4.4 billion EV battery factory in the U.S.
  • Price Action: FSLR shares traded higher by 1.82% at $123.90 in the premarket on the last check Tuesday.
  • 第一太阳能公司纳斯达克(Sequoia Capital：FSLR)寻求投资高达12亿美元，用于扩大美国制造的光伏(PV)太阳能组件的生产。
  • 据《华尔街日报》报道，First Solar的计划是这项法律刺激的清洁能源技术投资预期激增的一部分，以及对太阳能、风能和电池不断增长的需求，以满足美国雄心勃勃的气候目标。美国政府也担心过于依赖中国。
  • First Solar的组件直接支持该国向无碳未来的过渡，并使应对气候变化成为可能。
  • 这笔投资可能会扩大其为美国市场生产美国制造的太阳能组件的能力，到2025年将超过10千兆瓦(GW)的DC。
  • First Solar的目标是在美国东南部建立其第四家完全垂直整合的国内工厂，年产能为3.5GWDC。
  • First Solar预计将向新工厂投资高达10亿美元，可能于2025年开始运营。
  • 此外，First Solar将投资1.85亿美元升级和扩大其俄亥俄州西北部的制造基地，到0.9GWDC时，该制造基地目前是西半球最大的垂直整合综合体。First Solar将投资将其位于俄亥俄州佩里斯堡和莱克镇的两个运营设施的年容量增加0.6GWDC至3.6GWDC系列6模块的年容量。
  • First Solar还将扩大其在俄亥俄州的第三家工厂，预计将于2023年上半年投产，年产能为3.5GWDC系列7组件。
  • 此次扩建将使First Solar在俄亥俄州制造设施的总投资超过30亿美元，到2025年累计年产能将超过7GWDC。
  • First Solar预计，新的投资将增加至少850个新的制造业工作岗位，到2025年，该公司在美国四个州的直接工作岗位总数将超过3000人。
  • 到2025年，First Solar可能会支持15,000个间接和诱导就业机会。
  • 在完成在美国和印度的扩张计划后，First Solar有望在2025年拥有超过20GWDC的全球年制造能力。
  • 特斯拉公司(纳斯达克代码:TSLA)供应商松下控股公司(场外交易代码：PCRFY)考虑在美国再投资40亿美元建设电动汽车电池厂。
  • 本田汽车有限公司(纽约证券交易所股票代码：HMC)和LG能源解决方案有限公司希望在美国投资44亿美元建造一座电动汽车电池工厂。
  • 价格行动：在周二的最后一次检查中，FSLR股价在盘前交易中上涨1.82%，至123.90美元。
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