First
Solar’s
facility
in
Frankfurt
(Oder),
in
the
eastern
German
state
of
Brandenburg,
will
cease
production
by
the
end
of
October
and
close
permanently
by
the
end
of
the
year
in
response
to
ever-waning
support
for
PV
in
core
European
markets.
Recent
reductions
in
German
and
Italian
feed-in
tariff
rates
continue
a
trend
intensifying
across
the
Continent
and
"will
have
a
dramatic
impact
on
demand,
as
the
vast
majority
of
the
European
market
is
not
viable
without
significant
subsidies",
First
Solar
chief
financial
officer
Mark
Widmar
says.
"Due
to
the
lack
of
legislative…
