First Solar Announces Completion of 2MW Solar Power Plant for Southern California Edison

First Solar, Inc. announced the completion of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant installed on the rooftop of a commercial building in Fontana, California. This is the first project in SCE’s announced plan to install 250MW of solar generating capacity on large commercial rooftops throughout Southern California over the next five years. First Solar engineered the rooftop system, manufactured the solar modules and supplied the balance-of-system equipment for this SCE landmark project.

Under a formal bid process, SCE today announced the selection of First Solar for the second project of its 250MW rooftop initiative. The second project will be a 1MW project installed on a commercial building in Chino, California.

“SCE is leading the energy sector with its innovative strategy to use commercial rooftops in highly populated areas for new solar generation installations, selecting sites where customer peak demand is highest,” said John Carrington, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development. “SCE’s 250MW solar rooftop initiative brings essential energy sources to the grid quickly, supports California’s economy with new green jobs and protects our environment by developing more clean solar energy for Californians.”

“This innovative solar rooftop initiative is a natural extension of our industry leadership in renewable energy,” said Ted Craver, Edison International chairman and CEO. “We are driving solar technology forward and identifying creative new ways to integrate solar power into the electricity grid. A program of this scale could transform solar generation, helping bring costs down and providing us with another important way to meet the environmental challenges of the future.”