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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Aug 28

American workers rolling up their sleeves and getting the job done. This is how American energy dominance is made.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3VmFM5z

#AmericasSolarCompany #MadeInUSA

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Aug 18

First Solar’s technology is forged in the blazing fires of American industry. 🔥 Our Series 7 modules are made by American workers with 100% American glass and steel. We build solar technology. For America.

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jul 18

When First Solar invests in a US supply chain, it doesn’t just create jobs—it creates opportunities. For Stinson Harrison, his job with Monarch Steel in Decatur, AL, gave him the opportunity to purchase his first home.

Learn more: bit.ly/3GNImOj

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jul 15

A reopened glass production line delivered jobs and an economic shot-in-the-arm to a rural community:

“It’s truly a plus for the county and the local economy." – James Becker, Exec. Dir., Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County, PA

👉 bit.ly/44ljeGq

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jul 10

Investing in a US supply chain allows us to create job opportunities for people in their communities.

"This is honestly the best job I've ever had." – Tatiana Simon, Warehouse Team Lead, American Truck & Trailer, Duncan, SC

Learn more: bit.ly/3I2mejF

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jul 7

Our supply chain is built on US businesses.

“Pallets move the world, and we enjoy making a product for the solar industry to help move their products at an affordable price." – Joshua Graber, Ops Manager, Graber Box & Pallet

Learn more: bit.ly/3G7Pchx

#AmericasSolarCompany

Worker in a pallet manufacturing facility

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jul 4

American factory workers—supported by American supply chain workers—keep the promise of American excellence alive. They’re why people around the world instantly recognize the quality, integrity, and commitment inherent in four powerful words: Made in the USA.

👉 www.AmericasSolarWorkers.com

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jul 2

We create opportunities for Americans to invest in their futures without moving away from their communities, like Nic Medina, Development Engineering Technician at our research and development site in Mesa, Arizona.

Learn more: bit.ly/3I7xRWE

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 27

The 500,000 square-foot NSG Solar Glass Float Furnace in Luckey, Ohio, is part of our American supply chain.

“I really like how intense our process is. You can feel the heat." – Ryan O'Mara, Furnace Process Improver, NSG Group

Learn more: bit.ly/4l48H9X

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 18

American power generation technology, manufactured with American materials, in American factories, by American workers. THIS is how we make American manufacturing GREAT, not by ceding solar technology manufacturing to China. 👉bit.ly/3FGYfFO

#AmericasSolarCompany #AmericanSolar #45X #MadeInUSA

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 9

Our Alabama-made solar panels have backbones of steel. And not just any steel. We use Alabama-made steel sourced from within 25 miles of our Lawrence County manufacturing plant.

Learn more: bit.ly/4dNUUkM

#AmericasSolarCompany #MadeinAL

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 9

Solar workers help make an all-of-the-above energy strategy work for America.

"I like to say I help produce energy. The type that you don't have to worry about running out of it." – Kelli Amato, Production Operator, First Solar, Toledo, Ohio

Learn more: bit.ly/4dK5N7v

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Worker in safety vest on a solar manufacturing factory floor.

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 6

Jaketa Hegler says her most important role is being mom to her two sons. And Jaketa's new job at First Solar's factory in Lawrence County, Alabama, means she can continue raising her family in her hometown.

Read more about America’s solar workers: bit.ly/3HndDYx

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 5

An agreement with First Solar enabled Vitro Glass to bring good jobs back to a rural Pennsylvania community.

"There’s going to be a lot of opportunities for the next generation.” – James Hart, Packing Operator, Vitro Glass, Crawford County, PA

Learn more: bit.ly/3Sz69UB

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 4

When a major employer left Lawrence County, Alabama, the local economy took a hit. Christy Hutto, a longtime Lawrence County resident, says the turning point came when First Solar’s new $1.1B factory brought jobs—and hope—back to the community.

Learn more: bit.ly/43zxBXe

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 3

Investing in US technology and US supply chains delivers benefits that reach far and wide.

"I'm a husband, father, and softball coach, and welding puts food on the table, smoked ribs on the grill." – Lee Evans, Welder, Grenzebach, Newnan, GA.

Learn more: bit.ly/43vszfW

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jun 2

As First Solar grows, we generate American jobs. And, according to a University of Louisiana at Lafayette study, each direct job we create supports 7.3 direct, indirect, and induced jobs. By 2026, we’re projected to support about 30,000 US jobs.

Learn more: bit.ly/4dIitf7

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · May 28

For Luke Johnson, First Solar’s new $1.1 billion factory in Lawrence County, Alabama, offered more than a good career right in his hometown. It’s an opportunity to build a stronger community and a brighter future for his children.

Learn more: bit.ly/4jrLPzz

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · May 23

Kevin Cartee, owner of Caddo Cafeteria in Trinity, Alabama, talks about how First Solar’s new $1.1 billion factory in Lawrence County creates opportunities for local businesses and helps bring prosperity to his community.
👉 bit.ly/4jfrv4a

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · May 20

First Solar's new $1.1B Alabama factory has fueled prosperity in Lawrence County. Dr. Jon Bret Smith, Superintendent of the Lawrence County School District, discusses how the facility strengthens the community's future.

See how we're investing in America: bit.ly/44NcKCk

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · May 20

The American manufacturing renaissance is underway. Tabitha Pace, President, Economic Development for Lawrence County, talks about how First Solar's new $1.1B Alabama factory brought jobs roaring back into her community.

See how we're investing in America: bit.ly/44NcKCk

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Mar 26

In an opinion editorial in the InsideSources DC Journal, First Solar CEO, Mark Widmar, lays out how a commonsense, all-of-the-above electricity generation strategy can meet rising power demand without penalizing American households. bit.ly/4iIpMF2

#AmericanSolar #solarpower #AlloftheAboveEnergy

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jan 24

We’ve established the Endowed Professorship in Critical Energy Materials at Missouri University of Science and Technology, which will help #MissouriSandT develop the next generation of research leaders in critical minerals—the building blocks of our innovative semiconductor.

👉 bit.ly/4htlKiT

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Jan 17

The Power of Glass in American energy manufacturing was crystal clear at the furnace lighting ceremony for a converted TCO float glass line at the Rossford, Ohio, factory of Pilkington North America, a member of NSG Group. The facility supports 140 #AmericanSolar jobs.
👉 bit.ly/4aqhA9q

Seven individuals standing in an NSG glass factory

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First Solar, Inc. @firstsolar.com · Dec 9

An economic revival is taking place in rural northwestern Pennsylvania. Read about how America’s solar manufacturing renaissance is creating energy technology manufacturing jobs in rural Pennsylvania.
👉 bit.ly/3Bi8YEo

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#AmericanSolarWorkers
#AmericanEnergyWorkers
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American solar worker from Vitro Architectural Glass in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

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