Since FirstSolar announced that its 2002 inception, has produced a 1GW solar cells. The company spent six years producing the first 500MW, and then took only eight months the production of a second 500MW. As of the end of this year, the company announced that has an annual production capacity of 1GW, which is equivalent to a medium-sized nuclear power plant. "Such a scale so that we can quickly reduce production costs so that solar power can really become a form of affordable energy." Bruce Sohn, FirstSolar the President said.
FirstSolar in 2002, the Perrysburg, Ohio, at the start of mass production of solar power modules. When companies are only 150 employees. Until 2009, the company's 23 solar module production lines around the three continents, with 4000 employees.
Source: 硅业在线 Mar. 23, 2009
