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The solar panels are made by First Solar, which has a significant market share for panels in large US solar farms. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/11/18/weeke
by philipkglass 2y ago
The solar panels are made by First Solar, which has a significant market share for panels in large US solar farms.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/11/18/weekend-read-the-fruitful-search-for-other-thin-films/ https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/11/18/weekend-read-the-frui...
First Solar is not the only cadmium telluride solar manufacturer but it is by far the biggest. It is also the only thin-film company in the list of top 10 solar manufacturers by shipments in the 2022 ranking published by California-based SPV Market Research. First Solar is also in the top 10 in the latest ranking from Taiwan-based InfoLink.
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Paula Mints, chief market research analyst at SPV Market Research, said that First Solar had a 36% share of the United States utility-scale solar market in 2022. “I would look at their 2023 share of the US utility-scale market as similar,” she said.
- burkaman 2y agoThat is a lot more than I realized, I guess US-made is not really noteworthy then.