亞利桑那州西南部的Agua Caliente 太陽能光伏項目暫定今年下半年動工。太陽能組件制造商第一太陽能公司昨日花費2.97億美元完成了對太陽能發展公司NextLight的收購工作。
   第一太陽能使用現金交易，簽署了2.2GW的北美太陽能項目。 該公司從Energy Capital Partners的私人股權中收購了NextLight的舊金山公司。
   第一太陽能表示，此舉是其擴大在美公用事業電力市場規模的重要之舉。此舉始于2007年，那時公司收購了Energy Capital Partners，隨后，即2009年公司收購了OptiSolar，今年公司還計劃收購Edison集團。
   第一太陽能表示，NextLight的項目開發團隊和其他工作人員現在已經加入了第一太陽能。

    The Agua Caliente solar photovoltaic project in southwest Arizona is set to begin construction later this year. Solar module manufacturer First Solar, Inc., completed its $297 million acquisition of the solar development firm NextLight Renewable Power yesterday.
    The cash deal will see First Solar, which has its head office in Tempe, Arizona, taking on power purchase agreements for 2.2 gigawatts of solar projects in North America.
The company acquired San Francisco firm NextLight from the private equity firm Energy Capital Partners.
    First Solar said the move was part of its expansion in the US utility-scale power market, which started in 2007 with the takeover of Turner Renewable Energy and continued with the purchase of OptiSolar in 2009 and Edison Mission Group this year.
   The company said NextLight’s team of project developers and other staff have now joined First Solar.