The Arizona-based company did not disclose the owner or off-taker of the projects, many of which are still in development and not yet announced by the owner.

"This scale of community solar implementation is extraordinary, and suggests the enormous potential for this market segment," said Georges Antoun, chief commercial officer at First Solar.

"Small one-off installations cannot match the economies of scale realized by utility-scale portfolios that minimize development costs, transaction costs and building costs, while bringing end consumers the freedom to choose solar energy, " he added.

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