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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在美國工廠投資12億美元用於清潔能源，到2025年可能創造1.5萬個就業機會
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.
  • 第一太陽能公司納斯達克(Sequoia Capital：FSLR)尋求投資高達12億美元，用於擴大美國製造的光伏(PV)太陽能組件的生產。
  • 據《華爾街日報》報道，First Solar的計劃是這項法律刺激的清潔能源技術投資預期激增的一部分，以及對太陽能、風能和電池不斷增長的需求，以滿足美國雄心勃勃的氣候目標。美國政府也擔心過於依賴中國。
  • First Solar的組件直接支持該國向無碳未來的過渡，並使應對氣候變化成為可能。
  • 這筆投資可能會擴大其為美國市場生產美國製造的太陽能組件的能力，到2025年將超過10千兆瓦(GW)的DC。
  • First Solar的目標是在美國東南部建立其第四家完全垂直整合的國內工廠，年產能為3.5GWDC。
  • First Solar預計將向新工廠投資高達10億美元，可能於2025年開始運營。
  • 此外，First Solar將投資1.85億美元升級和擴大其俄亥俄州西北部的製造基地，到0.9GWDC時，該製造基地目前是西半球最大的垂直整合綜合體。First Solar將投資將其位於俄亥俄州佩里斯堡和萊克鎮的兩個運營設施的年容量增加0.6GWDC至3.6GWDC系列6模塊的年容量。
  • First Solar還將擴大其在俄亥俄州的第三家工廠，預計將於2023年上半年投產，年產能為3.5GWDC系列7組件。
  • 此次擴建將使First Solar在俄亥俄州製造設施的總投資超過30億美元，到2025年累計年產能將超過7GWDC。
  • First Solar預計，新的投資將增加至少850個新的製造業工作崗位，到2025年，該公司在美國四個州的直接工作崗位總數將超過3000人。
  • 到2025年，First Solar可能會支持15,000個間接和誘導就業機會。
  • 在完成在美國和印度的擴張計劃後，First Solar有望在2025年擁有超過20GWDC的全球年製造能力。
  • 特斯拉公司(納斯達克代碼:TSLA)供應商松下控股公司(場外交易代碼：PCRFY)考慮在美國再投資40億美元建設電動汽車電池廠。
  • 本田汽車有限公司(紐約證券交易所股票代碼：HMC)和LG能源解決方案有限公司希望在美國投資44億美元建造一座電動汽車電池工廠。
  • 價格行動：在週二的最後一次檢查中，FSLR股價在盤前交易中上漲1.82%，至123.90美元。
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