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First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on India’s first fully vertically integrated solar plant. The factory, which is in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has an annual nameplate capacity of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) and directly employs around 1,000 people. It will produce First Solar’s Series 7 solar panels that are developed at its US R&D centers and optimized for the Indian market.  This new facility has some pretty special…