EDF and First Solar announce plan for France's largest solar plant

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New facility expected to provide 100MW worth of thin film solar PV panels each year

The French government's €1.5bn solar energy plan has received a major boost with the announcement that EDF is to partner with US thin film solar cell specialist First Solar to build the country's largest...

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