First Solar Commissions Western Hemisphere’s Largest Solar R&D Center First Solar has commissioned a new research and development innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio, believed to be the largest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation is dedicated to the late James “Jim” F. Nolan, a former member of First Solar’s Board of Directors and the architect of the company’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor platform. | MET Energía España signs two 10-year PPAs to supply Atlantic Copper with 100% solar energy MET Energía España, a subsidiary of Swiss-based MET Group, has signed two PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) under which MET Energía España will acquire the electricity generated by a solar power plant owned by Prosolia Energy, to supply 100 percent green energy to Atlantic Copper, the world’s second largest copper producer, through independent trader Fortia Energía. |