First Solar Company Description
Ready to go solar? Maybe you should first get into film. First Solar makes solar-power modules with a thin-film semiconductor technology that doesn't use silicon. A worldwide shortage of polycrystalline silicon is holding back some producers of silicon-based solar cells, which can't get enough raw material to meet demand. First Solar uses a sheet of glass as a substrate, coated with a film of cadmium telluride, for its products. About 90% of the company's sales of solar modules are to six customers in Germany -- Blitzstrom, Colexon Energy, Conergy, Gehrlicher Umweltschonende Energiesysteme, Juwi Solar, and Phoenix Solar.
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