Thursday, January 1, 2009

Solar Energy Field, Thin Film Photovoltaics Category

Debra Poneman, Emcee

We are pleased to induct First Solar and its founder, Dr. David Eaglesham, into the Environmental Hall of Fame.


We honor them for their leadership in bringing thin-film photovoltaics to commercial reality. They have gathered the attention and respect of the entire world PV community with their aggressive market development for thin-film CdTe module technology.

Their success, indicated by being the leading producer of PV in the U.S. and climbing to join the top 5 worldwide, is built upon sound science, R&D investments and collaborations, engineering, and timing.

First Solar was the right thin-film PV manufacturer at the right time—building its capacity at the time when the world was demanding solar electricity.