First Solar, Inc. announced that Swift Current Energy has placed an order for 1.2 gigawatts (GW)DC of First Solar's advanced, ultra-low carbon thin film photovoltaic solar modules. The modules will be delivered in 2023 and 2024. Founded in 2016, Swift Current has commercialized over 1 GW of renewable energy projects, including utility-scale solar and wind.

The company also has a growing pipeline of over 6 GW of planned renewable assets across North America. Designed and developed at its research and development centers in California and Ohio, First Solar's responsibly produced advanced thin film PV modules set industry benchmarks for quality, durability, reliability, design, and environmental performance. First Solar also operates an advanced recycling program that recovers more than 90% of CadTel for use in new modules.

First Solar is investing $680 million in expanding America's domestic PV solar manufacturing capacity by 3.3 GW annually, by building its third US manufacturing facility, in Lake Township, Ohio. The new facility is expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2023 and when fully operational will scale the company's Northwest Ohio footprint to a total annual capacity of 6 GW, which is believed to make it the largest fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing complex outside of China. In addition to its Ohio manufacturing facilities, First Solar also operates factories in Vietnam and Malaysia, and is building a new 3.3 GW factory in India that is expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2023.

With First Solar's expansion in the United States and India and optimization of its existing fleet, the company anticipates that its nameplate manufacturing capacity will double to 16 GW by 2024.