On a soyabean farm in Ohio, America’s largest solar manufacturer is trying to beat China to the next breakthrough in clean energy.
This month, First Solar opened the country’s largest solar research facility in the Rustbelt state, where it has manufactured panels since 2002. The objective: to commercialise the next generation of technologies to harness power from the sun before Beijing does.
The company’s push into research comes at a tumultuous time for US solar manufacturing, and is motivated by the belief that to compete on clean technologies, the US must innovate rather than replicate China.
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