First Solar also received millions of dollars in subsidies to sell solar panels to itself.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/1184251
Three of the four federal loan guarantees sought by First Solar were approved. The company received $1.88 billion for the 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight project in California; $680 million for the 230-megawatt Antelope Valley Solar Ranch I project in California, and $967 million for the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar farm near Yuma. A fourth, Topaz in California, did not receive any DOE funding.
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