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First Solar Announces Groundbreaking of Malaysian Plant


PHOENIX, April 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) announced that the Company had a ground breaking ceremony today on a new four-line solar module manufacturing plant in Kedah, Malaysia. Announced in Jan. 2007, the new plant will have an expected minimum annual nameplate capacity of 100MW.

The manufacturing plant will be located in Kulim Hi Tech Park located in Kedah, Malaysia and when fully ramped will employ approximately 500 people. Today's groundbreaking puts First Solar on track to complete plant construction by late 2007, with full volume production expected by the end of 2008.

"The entrance of First Solar to Kulim Hi-Tech Park is very timely and anxiously anticipated since the Malaysian Government has been a strong proponent of clean and renewable energy resources," said Dato' Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin, Group CEO, Kulim Technology Park Corporation Bhd. "Investors in high-tech related industries such as First Solar can be assured of innovative and generous business incentives from the Malaysian Federal Government as well as conscientious one-stop facilitation assistance from the Kedah State Government."

"This groundbreaking represents an important step in our mission to accelerate the commercial adoption of solar energy," said Heiner Eichermueller, Vice President of Global Manufacturing for First Solar.

First Solar currently operates a manufacturing plant in Ohio with 75MW nameplate capacity and is in the process of completing a manufacturing plant in Germany with 100MW nameplate capacity.

About First Solar

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) manufactures solar modules with an advanced thin film semiconductor process that significantly lowers solar electricity costs. By enabling clean renewable electricity at affordable prices, First Solar provides an economic alternative to peak conventional electricity and the related fossil fuel dependence, greenhouse gas emissions and peak time grid constraints.

The First Solar, Inc. logo is available at http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=3052

For First Solar Investors

This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the company's business involving the company's products, their development and distribution, economic and competitive factors and the company's key strategic relationships and other risks detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. First Solar assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.
CONTACT: First Solar, Inc.
Media Inquiries
Paula Vaughnn
[phone]
[e-mail]

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First Solar, Inc. to Announce 2007 First Quarter Financial Results on Thursday, May 3, 2007
Company Also Announces Annual Shareholder Meeting


PHOENIX, April 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) will report financial results for the first fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007, on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. MST. To participate in the conference call, please dial [phone] or [phone]. Investors may also access a live audio web cast of this conference call on the Investors section of the Company's website at www.firstsolar.com.

A replay of the web cast will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for three months. An audio replay of the conference call will also be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available until Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. MST and can be accessed by dialing [phone] or [phone] and entering access ID number 9848426.

First Solar, Inc. will conduct its Annual Shareholders Meeting at the Embassy Suites Phoenix-Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. local time. First Solar's Board of Directors has established a record date of April 19, 2007 for the meeting. In addition to this announcement, First Solar will send a meeting notice, proxy statement and annual report to all such shareholders of record.

About First Solar, Inc.

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) manufactures solar modules with an advanced thin film semiconductor process that significantly lowers solar electricity costs. By enabling clean renewable electricity at affordable prices, First Solar provides an economic alternative to peak conventional electricity and the related fossil fuel dependence, greenhouse gas emissions and peak time grid constraints.

The First Solar, Inc. logo is available at http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=3052

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward looking statement. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements are discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: First Solar, Inc.
Jens Meyerhoff, Chief Financial Officer
602-414-9315
[e-mail] Investor Relations, LLC
Erica Mannion, Investor Relations
212-766-1800
[e-mail]
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Solar Cos Rising On Government Interest, Industry Maturation


By A. Christian Jean, Of Dow Jones Newswires

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Solar energy companies, enjoying solid gains over the past few months, could shoot even higher this year, as governments increase/ subsidies and the industry matures, analysts say.

Shares of solar energy producers and manufacturers shot higher Monday, benefitting from the broad market rally and increased buzz over the weekend.

JA Solar Holdings Co. (JASO) led the rally, rising 15% to $27.70. Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) jumped 12% to $12.14. Both companies saw above-average volume of shares traded. First Solar Inc. (FSLR) rose 4.6% to $64.10; SunPower Corp. ( SPWR) rose 2.1% to $54.20; and Evergreen Solar Inc. (ESLR) rose 2.7% to $11.92. Shares of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., which produces the silicon wafers crucial to many solar companies, rose 3.9% to $62.04.

Solar stocks have skyrocketed over the past few months, with companies like Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (ASTI) more than tripling from the start of this year. Ascent develops flexible solar panels for satellites and last month received a large investment from oil and gas company Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY), which contributed to much of the stock\'s recent upside.

SunPower vice president for public policy and communications, Julie Blunden, said increased government interest around the world, especially in Germany, is driving revenue for solar companies and raising their profile in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.

"There\'s no doubt that the solar industry has been experiencing tremendous growth," Blunden said, citing policymakers\' fears about energy security driving the companies\' profiles.

Blunden said the companies are small compared with oil and gas companies - " the flea on the dog\'s tail" - but have the potential to capture a sizable portion of the energy market. The alignment of market opportunity, favorable policy, technology slowly entering commercial markets and decreasing prices are contributing to investor interest, Blunden said.

RBC Capital Markets analyst Stuart Bush said demand for solar power isn\'t yet organic, but is increasingly becoming so, and the industry is maturing, lowering costs and barriers to entry for various customers.

"We\'re in a very rapid growth phase of an industry that is establishing itself as a viable, long-term industry," Bush said.

The increase in supply for silicon wafers, following an announcement Friday by a shareholder of Chinese-based JA Solar, and waning fears that the German government will pull its subsidies is helping the sector today, Bush added.

While he is bullish on solar power in general, American Technology research analyst John Hardy said some companies are overvalued. First Solar is one example, he said, whose stock has doubled over the past three months but whose business plan isn\'t yet solid.

"The market currently isn\'t pricing enough risk into the name," he said.

Hardy cites greater investment by semi-equipment companies in solar companies and the undeniable benefits of alternative energy as general catalysts to the stocks.

-A. Christian Jean, Dow Jones Newswires, 201-938-2007; [e-mail]

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Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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SunPower Consulting Hosts Audio Recordings of CPUC Forum
Press Release from SunPower Consulting LLC
Grants Pass, OR

SunPower Consulting announced today that they are making available the complete audio recordings from the recent CPUC Forum, held April 2nd in San Francisco. The audio recordings are broken into three parts, following the forum's agenda and are now hosted on SunPower Consulting's website.


"Over the past few months, we've been actively involved in putting a great deal of focus on many of the programmatic-issues impacting the California solar industry and the implementation of the CSI program...", began Glenn Harris, Managing Director for SunPower Consulting.

"We first launched a series of seminars in January and then last month, our first webinar-versions of these informational sessions, where we provided some head-lighting on the program's on-going impacts and the development of some strategic steps that we could provide the industry. We also spent some time with Sue Kateley of CalSEIA, who joined us during our webinar-series, discussing how we can create some positive dialog and program changes, in advance of the CPUC CSI forum held April 2nd."

"These audio recordings may be the only record of the presentations and back-and-forth dialog from this event - and while it is a lot of information to listen through - we wanted to make this available to the industry and especially to those who were unable to attend."

For more information and to listen to the audio tracks, please visit SunPower Consulting's new website at: www.sunpowerconsultingllc.com


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FSLR lässt mal wieder bei schlechtem Marktumfeld die Muckies spielen

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 28.763.036 von mlolo am 11.04.07 18:52:54

eben

[mlolo]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 28.760.078 von Hoerschwelle am 11.04.07 16:24:55

auf der hv am 23. wird über einen reverse-split beraten. der kurs soll laut vorstand dann schon konstant über 1$ stehen!

ist ja auch egal!

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Da müssen se aber schon eine Weile über 5 US $ stehen, aber träumen darf man

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 28.754.774 von mlolo am 11.04.07 11:58:53

Bald

[mlolo]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 28.750.828 von Hoerschwelle am 11.04.07 07:24:28

lieber hoerschwelle,

du hast ja gar keine ahnung von worldwater! sei mir nicht böse!
die sind ja bald am nasdaq.