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First Solar to Deliver 48.5MW Manildra Solar Film in Australia

Company’s installed capacity to surpass 400MW in Australia.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

First Solar, Inc. announced that financial close has been reached for the Manildra Solar Farm in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. First Solar will deliver the 48.5 megawatt (MW)AC project, which will utilize approximately 466,000 First Solar thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules and single-axis tracking technology expected to produce more than 120,000 megawatt-hours of electricity in its first year of operation.
 
The Manildra Solar Farm will take First Solar’s installed capacity in Australia to more than 400MWAC when it is complete in 2018.

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