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First Solar Plans $270 Million R&D Center in Ohio for Prototypes
- Facility near existing factory will make prototype modules
- Biggest US panel maker is ramping up domestic production
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First Solar Inc. plans to open a $270 million research and development center in Ohio as the country’s biggest panel maker ramps up US production in response to federal climate change legislation.
The center in Perrysburg, Ohio is expected to open in 2024 and will feature a manufacturing line for making prototypes of solar modules. First Solar has been doing research and development out of its factory in the same city, near Toledo, but such work requires taking the facility’s manufacturing line out of commercial production.