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First Solar Selected for Tucson Electric Power Solar Plant Expansion

First Solar, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance solar modules, has supplied two new solar arrays totaling 240kW for Tucson Electric Power (TEP) at the company's Springerville Generating Station. Global Solar Energy, of Tucson, Arizona, provided project management and system design, and oversaw the construction of the two 20kW fixed-tilt, ground-mounted arrays. This new installation increases the capacity of First Solar arrays installed at the Springerville facility to 480kWp. The first two arrays of First Solar modules were installed at TEP's Springerville facility as a beta site in late 2001.

While still undergoing this expansion, TEP's Springerville Generating Station Solar System, located in eastern Arizona, is the second largest installation of PV modules in the world, currently made up of 3.5 DC MW of crystalline silicon and thin film modules. The Springerville site has over 1 MW of thin film modules making it one of the largest installations of thin-film solar modules in the world. First Solar has manufactured approximately 50 percent of the thin film modules installed at Springerville. For additional information, visit www.firstsolar.com.

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